Main description:

Science and Football VIII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as 'football'. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book is by far the most comprehensive collection of current research into football, presenting important new work in key areas such as:

physiology of training

performance analysis

fitness assessment

nutrition

biomechanics

injury and rehabilitation

youth football

environmental physiology

psychology in football

sociological perspectives in football

Science and Football VIII is an essential resource for all sport scientists, trainers, coaches, physical therapists, physicians, psychologists, educational officers and professionals working across the football codes.

Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138947061_oachapter6.pdf

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Physiology and Sports Medicine

Training and Testing

1. Muscle Power training in Soccer

2. The Application of the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Tests to the Soccer Population

3. Fitness Coaching in an Elite Soccer Team - with Special Focus on Individual-based Approach

4. Soccer Refereeing Training and Performance

5. Ball Kicking Dynamics in Football Codes: New Insight for Coaching Cues

Physiology

6. Soccer Fitness - Prevention and Treatment of Lifestyle Diseases

7. The Health Benefits of Rugby-specific Small-sided Games for Sedentary Populations.

8. Recent Research Findings in Australian Football: Application to other Coodes?

9. Physiology of Womens Soccer from Competitive to Recreational Level

10. Soccer in the Heat - Impact on Physiological Responses, Match-play Characteristics and Recovery

Injuries

11. Epidemiology of Rugby Injuries

12. Prevention of Contact and Non-contact Injuries in Football/Soccer: 20 Years of F-MARC

13. Eccentric Training as Treatment of Muscle-Tendon Injury

Part II: Humanities and Social Science

Social Science

14. Women's Soccer - Historical Development and Current Situation in Europe

15. Development and Voluntarism in Soccer Clubs

16. The Emergence of the Danish Soccer Fitness Concept

17. Smart Consumers and Hopeless Romantics

18. American Football: Ideology and National Identity

19. Gaelic Football in a Sociological Perspective

20. Sport Teams as Complex Social Entities: Tensions and Potentials

Psychology

21. Flow Experiences in Soccer: The Key to a Successful Physical Activity Intervention?

22. Coaching Practice and Player Development

23. Doping in Soccer: A Moral Psychology Perspective