Members only Football Are Physiological, Physical, Wellness and Load Decisive Markers of Starting Players? These findings suggest that factors beyond physical and physiological capabilities, such as tactical and technical skills, may play a more prominent role in determining starting status in this specific cohort.
Members only Mind Maps Featured A Practical Guide to Improving Sleep and Performance in Athletes The research states that sleep is a crucial aspect of optimising both mental and physical health. For athletes, sleep is becoming an increasingly popular strategy to improve athletic performance.
Members only Mind Maps Featured Contextualised Physical Metrics: The Physical Demands Vary with Phase of Play during Elite Soccer Match Play Traditionally, these demands have been measured using aggregated match metrics, which provide an overall view of player performance but do not account for variations in intensity during specific phases of play.
Members only Mind Maps Featured Integrating On-Pitch Conditioning in Football with Psychological Outcomes This research examines the integration of psychological skills training with physical conditioning in football, presenting a framework for implementing psychological skills within an integrated periodization model using Acceptance Commitment Therapy.
Mind Maps Featured Optimal Support for Elite Sprinters Using a Minimal, Adequate, and Accurate Approach In summary, sport-science support is crucial for helping athletes reach their best performance. By using the "minimal, adequate, and accurate" approach, sport scientists can provide effective and efficient support.
Injury Featured A Return-to-Performance Pathway for Professional Soccer: A Criteria-based Approach to Return Injured Professional Players Back to Performance Given the economic and competitive implications of injury, how can high performance practitioners guide players’ return to performance (RTPerf)?
Members only Mind Maps Featured A Framework for Test Measurement Selection in Athlete Physical Preparation
Mind Maps Featured Positional Movement Demands during NFL Football Games: A 3-Year Review. American football is a collision sport played on a field and is known for its high intensity multi-directional movements and repeated high-velocity sprints interspersed with periods of rest.
Members only Mind Maps Featured Managing Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag in Athletes: A Review and Consensus Statement
Sports Science Featured Match Running Performance Preceding Scoring and Conceding a Goal in Men’s Professional Soccer Within the 5 min period before scoring a goal, teams covered significantly greater distance at low- and medium-intensity when compared to before conceding a goal.
Sports Science Featured ‘Setting the Benchmark’ Part 3: Contextualising the Match Demands of Specialised Positions at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 Given such accelerated rates of physical development in women’s football, it is crucial that the match-play characteristics are analysed and documented to offer practitioners more nuanced and actionable positional insights.
Members only Sports Science Featured The Comparison of Position-Specific Match Performance between the Group and Knockout Stage of the UEFA Champions League Several components contribute to successful performance in matches, where technical, tactical, and physical aspects play a crucial role. Analysing performance can offer a competitive advantage against opponents and assist in making key decisions regarding one's own team.
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured ‘Setting the Benchmark’ Part 1: The Contextualised Physical Demands of Positional Roles in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Understanding the unique physical demands of international football can significantly impact the effectiveness of training programs and contribute to maximising player performance on the field.
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Physical Match Performance of Elite Soccer Players from the English Championship League (ECL) & the English Premier League (EPL): The Effects of Opponent Ranking & Positional Differences The analysis of player performance in elite soccer matches against varied opponents provides coaches and performance staff with valuable insights to enhance training, recovery, and tactical strategies, aiming to improve match outcomes.
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured The Adaptable Coach – A Critical Review of the Practical Implications for Traditional & Constraints-led Approaches in Sport Coaching Coaching, often described as a field that lacks exact scientific principles but thrives on artistic expression, requires skilled coaches to possess a high level of openness, adaptability, and flexibility in their approach.
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Eccentric Resistance Training Eccentric muscle actions occur when an external force exceeds the force produced by the muscle, causing the muscle to lengthen under tension. They are also known as contractions happening while the muscle lengthens.
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Sleep, Nutrition, and Injury Risk in Adolescent Athletes: A Narrative Review During adolescence, sleep-wake cycles develop and adapt in regulating sleep. This adaptation increases tolerance to sleep pressure and is influenced by maturation. Additionally, delays in circadian rhythmicity contribute to inadequate sleep.
Strength and Conditioning Featured Every Move Counts: National Physical Activity & Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland The benefits of regular physical activity (PA), at moderate to vigorous levels, for our overall health are immense. It improves our cardiorespiratory function, reduces risk of developing chronic diseases such as cancer and type-2 diabetes along with improving our mood and sleep.
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Testing & Profiling Athletes: Recommendations for Test Selection, Implementation, & Maximizing Information
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured No Time to Lift? Designing Time-Efficient Training Programs for Strength and Hypertrophy: A Narrative Review
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Pyjamas, Polysomnography and Professional Athletes: The Role of Sleep Tracking Technology in Sport
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Blood Flow Restriction Exercise: Recommendations for Resistance Exercise, Aerobic Exercise & Passive Use
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Anatomical, Physiological, & Metabolic Differences between Adolescent & Adult Athletes
Members only Strength and Conditioning Featured Mechanisms of Mechanical Overload-Induced Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: Summary of Mechanisms
