The FIFA 11+ is a structured warm-up programme specially designed to prevent injuries among football players from age 14 years and above. However, studies to prove its efficacy are generally few and it is yet to be tested in male youth footballers and among African players. The purpose of the study was to examine the efficacy of the FIFA 11+ programme in reducing the risk of injuries among male...

abstract the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and job burnout among iran football league referees. in this descriptive-correlation study, 122 referees and assistant referees of iran football leagues in season 2012-2013 participated voluntarily. organizational commitment scale (allen and meyer, 1991) and maslach and jackson burnout in...

Technical performance studies in professional football players need to be carried out intensely. The data from junior elite was very useful for talent identification and further development. However, typical research is still rarely out, while previous has focused on identifying talented based anthropometric, physiological, psychological, sociological technical skills data. In this study, the a...

BACKGROUND There are approximately 2.8 million youth football players between the ages of 7 and 14 years in the United States. Rates of injury in this population are poorly described. Recent studies have reported injury rates between 2.3% and 30.4% per season and between 8.5 and 43 per 1000 exposures. HYPOTHESIS Youth flag football has a lower injury rate than youth tackle football. The concu...

the aim of this study was to survey football talent identification problems. all coaches of the basic football teams of tehran asia vision league in adolescent and youth classes formed the statistical population of this study. 42 coaches were selected as the sample based on morgan table. because there was not a standard questionnaire for this scope, a questionnaire with 5-point likert scale was...