one of the factors influencing the athletes’ performance in critical situations is their awareness of the strategies entailing mental skills. one such skill is self-talk that has been identified as an effective mental training tool in controlling human beings’ behaviors. this study aims to examine the perceived positive and negative effects of self-talk on the athletes’ performance. data were c...

Football (or soccer, if you’re in North America) is the most widespread team sport played in the world [1]. Apart from international football, the bulk of football matches take place at the level of domestic clubs. Most countries have an established football league where clubs representing different geographical regions compete against one another. There are no restrictions on the players who m...

Repeated concussion is common among football players; however, these minor blunt head trauma rarely result in serious complications. We report a case of a young college football player who presented acute subdural hematoma, cerebral edema, and seizure due to pseudoaneurysm rupture. The pseudoaneurysm, located at the cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery, was speculated to be formed by d...