the aim of this study was to assess the effect of four weeks of high intensity aerobic interval football training on aerobic performance indices in soccer players. 18 soccer players in iran azadegan league (age 21.88+2.24 yr, height 174.22+5.33 cm, weight 67.7+5.7 kg, body fat percent 12.38+3.29) volunteered to participate in this study and divided into two groups (training, 12 players; control...

Despite the prominence of professional football in U.S. culture, little research has been conducted examining the social construction of race in the game. People have a cultural perception of race; what effect does this perception have on the players? There has been research on the historical struggles of Black athletes in collegiate football, as well as lasting issues of racism. To add to this...

BACKGROUND Most of the research in the area of psychosocial factors in rehabilitation after sports injuries has focused on risk behaviors, while relatively few studies have focused on behaviors that facilitate rehabilitation. The objective of our study was to understand the psychosocial features that characterize elite female football players who express a resilient behaviour during rehabilitat...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological functions of a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League (NASL). Eighteen players were evaluated on cardiorespiratory function, endurance performance, body composition, blood chemistry, and motor fitness measures near the end of their competitive season. The following means were observed: age, 26 yrs; height, 176 cm;...

On the fringes of Big Five, Swiss football is an emblematic case to be analysed in order understand dynamics professionalisation elite football, between rising performance national team and slow relegation clubs. Given that a club’s depends on its players therefore financial capacity recruit maintain professional workforce, this analysis focuses implementation by institution for (Ligue National...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study extends previous work in the field of injury awareness using a novel lower limb comfort index (LLCI), which was developed to assess comfort in professional football. Participants rated comfort for designated anatomical segments of the lower limb utilizing a seven point Likert scale. The aims of the study were (i) to assess the reliability of the LLCI in a competit...

The paper aims at analysing Croatian professional sport and the impact of COVID-19 crisis on it. Football was taken as a model for other team sports because share clubs in Republic Croatia football. In addition, legal framework set football may apply to successfully developing similar pattern. analyses are conducted into revenues (sponsorships, ticketing TV rights), expenses (expenses behalf pl...

Study purpose. This paper is about the differences in anthropometric characteristics between elite and non-elite youth football players Republic of Kosovo. Therefore, our current study aims to compare players. The test was conducted with 132 young aged 14±0.5 years. Materials methods. sample divided into two groups, namely 66 playing league league. variables consisted 10 measurements. results m...

Our reviewer, Philip E. Stieg, a neuro-trauma consultant on the sidelines of NFL games, is no stranger to the violence of football. In his review of League of Denial by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, Stieg finds the sports-concussion crisis to be a difficult subject. Beyond the heart-wrenching stories of the players that the authors use to illustrate the impact of chronic traumatic enceph...