Generally in sports, there is a strong assumption of a connection between skill level in young age and adulthood. Studies have mainly focused on the coaches’ understanding and role in identifying and developing talent. In this article we turn our attention towards the athletes’ perspectives, interviewing talented young football players (five boys and five girls) about their perceptions of their...

Introduction: It appears that some risk factors for coronary heart diseases (CHD) initiate their influence in the childhood period and their clinical complications start to take effect in adulthood. It is possible that adolescent active or sedentary boys, have other inflammatory silent risk factors of CHD, in addition to routine risk factors such as lipid profile. However, the scientific dat...

Yamashita, D, Asakura, M, Ito, Y, Yamada, S, and Yamada, Y. Physical characteristics and performance of Japanese top-level American football players. J Strength Cond Res 31(9): 2455-2461, 2017-This study aimed to compare the physical characteristics and performance between top-level nonprofessional football players in Japan and National Football League (NFL) Combine invited players and between ...

Background: Sport performance in football players is determined by Aerobic and Anaerobic power in them. Aerobic power is best indicated by VO2max. VO2max is maximum capacity of individual’s body to transport and utilize the oxygen during exercise, which reflects the physical fitness of individual. Anaerobic power is power produced in absence of oxygen. Anaerobic capacity is useful in sprints in...

In the 1980s, experts from different countries with developed football, realizing that "street" football is a thing of past, came to conclusion it necessary revise system training young talents and give children opportunity train play according their own rules i.e. "nature" children's football. When licensing clubs, Union European Football Associations (UEFA) defined requirements for developmen...

Football injuries account for more concussions than any other sport in North America. A 1977 survey of high school football players in Minnesota found that 19% of players reported at least one concussion (characterized by loss of awareness) during a season. These results have not been confirmed in subsequent studies. This study sought to estimate the incidence of concussion among high school fo...

Head injuries are relatively common in football, accounting for up to 22% of all injuries in the sport(1). A significant fraction of these injuries are concussions, which are states of neural dysfunction resulting from head trauma in which there is the possibility of auditory abnormalities may also be observed as part of the concussive state. Concussions in football players have been linked wit...

This study aims to determine the Makassar Football Association, which is headquartered in Makassar, South Sulawesi province. The Association was founded on November 2, 1915 at that time still a football association called Voetbal Bond. Based historical background of his achievements, Bond features male players elite ranks Dutch East Indies such as Sagi and Sangkala reliable who were highly resp...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of protective headgear in adolescent football (soccer) players. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Oakville Soccer Club, Oakville, Canada. PARTICIPANTS Football players aged 12-17 years. INTERVENTION A questionnaire examining the 2006 football season using self-reported symptoms. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The number of concussions experienced during the...

Background: Football is known as the world's No. 1 sport and has always been loved by majority of young people. The development football on campus also a long history an extensive positive influence. It recognized with good exercise value. With increasingly close connection between social life, university inevitably affected many factors. Through analysis macro-development environment status fo...