BACKGROUND The incidence rate of soccer injuries is among the highest in sports, particularly for adult male soccer players. PURPOSE To investigate the effect of the 'The11' injury prevention programme on injury incidence and injury severity in adult male amateur soccer players. STUDY DESIGN Cluster-randomised controlled trial. METHODS Teams from two high-level amateur soccer competitions...

In the recent years, there has been remarkable development in the scope and quality of soccer physiology and medicine. However, there is a shortage of descriptive data concerning the physical and physiological characteristics of soccer players from Eastern Europe while much more literature exists providing information on male Western European and American soccer (Rhodes et al., 1986; Davies et ...

perfectionism, in fact, is an irrational belief individuals have about themselves and their surroundings. perfectionists believe that they and their surroundings must be complete and any attempt in life must be without error. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship of positive and negative perfectionism with competitive state anxiety. 100 soccer players completed positive...

Despite the impact and popularity of soccer, and the growing field of soccer-related scientific research, little attention has been devoted to the nutritional intake and eating habits of soccer players. Moreover, the few studies that have addressed this issue suggest that the nutritional intake of soccer players is inadequate, underscoring the need for better adherence to nutritional recommenda...

Most physiological profiles of élite soccer players originate from Western Europe and North America. Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of descriptive data on the physical characteristics of Asian soccer players. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological profiles of élite soccer players in Hong Kong. It was conducted in conjunction with the selection of the Hong Kon...

It is challenging to get access to datasets related to the physical performance of soccer players. The teams consider such information highly confidential, especially if it covers in-game performance.Hence, most of the analysis and evaluation of the players’ performance do not contain much information on the physical aspect of the game, creating a blindspot in performance analysis. We propose a...

considering the effects that anxiety can have on performance, the relationship between anxiety and performance has interested researchers for many years. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of neurofeedback alpha/theta intervention on the anxiety reduction and performance enhancement in young soccer players. to do so, 30 soccer players attending the national soccer league of iran we...

This study compares the performances obtained during soccer-specific field tests of the 20 m multistage shuttle run test (MST) and the Yo-Yo intermittent endurance test (YIET), with the measured maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) obtained in both field tests as well as that obtained in the traditional test of running to exhaustion on a treadmill (TRT), in young trained soccer players. Twenty-one Na...