ABSTRACT
This edited collection brings together the latest research into the range of sports known as football.
With contributions by a large number of the leading international researchers in the field, the book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in football, and to raise the awareness of the value of a scientific approach to the various football codes.
The book contains nearly seventy papers, examining aspects ranging from match analysis and medical aspects of football to metabolism and nutrition, psychology and behaviour, and management and organization. Containing a wealth of research data, and a huge range of examples of how science can be applied; this book represents an invaluable reference for coaches, trainers, managers, medical staff, and all those involved in supporting performers in the many football codes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|49 pages
Biomechanics of Football
part 2|48 pages
Fitness Test Profiles of Footballers
part 3|72 pages
Match Analysis
chapter 16|6 pages
Goal Scoring Patterns Over the Course of a Match
part 4|44 pages
Medical Aspects of Football
part 5|36 pages
Metabolism and Nutrition
part 6|29 pages
Paediatric Science and Football
chapter 44|6 pages
Talent Identification in Elite Youth Soccer Players
part 7|45 pages
Psychology and Motor Behaviour in Football
chapter 51|4 pages
Fatigue During Game Play
part 8|34 pages
Football Training
chapter 58|5 pages
The Physiological Effect of Playing Three Simulated Matches in a Week
part 9|23 pages
Women and Football
chapter 62|8 pages
Fitness Characteristics of English Female Soccer Players
part 10|46 pages
Management and Organisation