My keynote lecture focused on tactical creativity in team and racket sport and how coaches and teachers can foster it in training and PE. I started by contextualizing the value of tactical creativity using current statements from world soccer coupled with empirical data. Subsequent to this, the term tactical creativity is operationally defined in team and racket sports, its development is discu...

Injuries are, regrettably, an unavoidable hazard of sports participation. Although volleyball and beach volleyball are by most estimates relatively safe sports – particularly in comparison to other sports such as football (soccer) – epidemiologic research has revealed that volleyball athletes are at risk for certain types of injuries. Serious injuries which interfere with the athlete’s ability ...

This study investigated challenges perceived by coaches when working with elite women’s soccer teams. Six men and four women experience in the first Norwegian League or national team participated. Semi-structured interviews were carried out, data was analyzed using thematic interpretational analysis. Participants identified professionalism, early-career termination, mental characteristics, intr...

In soccer, physical development is crucial for developing optimal performance. This study aimed to assess and compare the of elite non-elite professional soccer players. Seventy-eight male football players divided into four competitive levels participated in this study: group (EG), A (NEG-A), B (NEG-B), under 23 (U23). Body composition, static strength, lower-body explosive flexibility, balance...

This study determined the perceived impact of psychological Skills and self-confidence among male soccer players in tertiary institutions Ebonyi State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for study. The population one hundred forty (140) respondents (38 Coaches 102 Soccer players). same number served as sample due to smallness size. A structured questionnaire instrument used data col...

Abstract Objectives The present research investigates how coaches' identity leadership predicts individual and team outcomes in soccer. Specifically, we tested hypotheses that would be associated with players' perceptions of (a) higher effort, (b) lower turnover intentions, (c) better performance, (d) performance. In addition, aimed to examine the relationship between increased identification p...

The present study examined the impact of reputation information on athletes’ behavioral responses to coaches within a naturalistic, field-based setting. Using a between-group design, male soccer players (n = 35) were assigned to one of three experimental conditions (i.e., experienced reputation, inexperienced reputation, no reputation) prior to taking part in a coaching session delivered by an ...

A mismatch between the training exertion intended by a coach and the exertion perceived by players is well established in sports. However, it is unknown whether coaches can accurately observe exertion of individual players during training. Furthermore, the discrepancy in coaches' and players' perceptions has not been explained. PURPOSE To determine the relation between intended and observed t...