In considering the spatialization of race and racialization space, this article explores dominant media representations sports cages in UK. To date, interest these cages, often found on social housing estates, has revolved around role they have played childhoods a small number young, almost exclusively Black, footballers, primarily from London. first academic to engage with issues, we adopt cri...

Hamstring strain injuries are common within professional footballers with high-speed running (HSR) being known to increase the likelihood of sustaining a hamstring injury. This study aimed assess acute: chronic workload ratio (ACWR) HSR that preceded in footballers. Global positioning system (GPS)-derived distances and weekly ACWR were obtained from 18 one English Football League (EFL) club dur...

Throughout adolescence and early adulthood, talented athletes must dedicate increasing personal resources to their sport. Recent empirical research found that applying Role Strain Theory (RST) was useful contextualise international junior golfers’, acrobats’, gymnasts’ Australian Rules footballers’ experiences of how they combined coped with the competing role demands sport education. Findings ...

The aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the risk of acute injuries among youth male and female footballers playing on third-generation artificial turf compared with grass. Over 60,000 players 13-19 years of age were followed in four consecutive Norway Cup tournaments from 2005 to 2008. Injuries were recorded prospectively by the team coaches throughout each tournament. The o...

BACKGROUND Elite athletes should have little concern about meeting recommended guidelines on physical activity. However, sedentary behaviour is considered a health risk independent of physical activity, and is recognised in public health guidelines advising against prolonged sedentary time. There has been very little research on athletes' physical activity behaviour outside elite sport. METHO...

BACKGROUND Static stretching (SS) is a recovery intervention used for the reduction of muscle soreness postexercise. The effects of SS on elite young footballers have received little attention, and therefore the aim of this study was to assess the effects of SS on muscle recovery following competitive soccer matches in elite young footballers. METHODS Ten male participants (16±1 years) were r...

OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy and practicality of treating headache in professional footballers with intranasal sumatriptan. METHODS An open label drug trial was performed in elite Australian footballers using intranasal sumatriptan (20 mg) treatment for acute headache. The main outcome measures were treatment response at 30 minutes, two hours, and 24 hours using two criteria: (a) initial s...