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Football Science Institute (FSI) is delighted to announce the signing of an educational alliance with D.C. United to promote excellence in sport science in football through education, scientific collaborations, and internships. As part of the agreement, FSI will provide its academic-scientific structure to assist D.C....
Filip Hrdlicka, Academy Head of Medical Services at SK Slavia Prague, embarked on a visit to Real Betis Balompié as part of a joint initiative organized by the Football Science Institute (FSI). The visit facilitated a fruitful exchange of knowledge between the members of both...
Football Science Institute (FSI) has announced that David Arellano, a graduate from FSI Master High Performance Football Coach, has been hired by Austin FC after completing his internship at the club. This news comes as David joins the growing list of FSI students who have...
Iterpro and Football Science Institute signed a partnership agreement to promote a high-performance environment across their community through evidence-based best practices and top-notch technology. As part of the deal, the UK-based sport-tech company will provide its “Iterpro Football Intelligence” platform to FSI’s students and lecturers,...
High-intensity Actions in Elite Soccer: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Filter A, Olivares-Jabalera J, Dos’Santos T, Madruga M, Lozano J, Molina A, Santalla A, Requena B, Loturco I. Int J Sports Med. 2023 May 2. doi: 10.1055/a-2013-1661. Online ahead of print. Traditionally, the reductionist...
Verbal Encouragement Improves Game Intensity, Technical Aspects, and Psychological Responses During Soccer-Specific Training. Selmi O, Levitt DE, Aydi B, Ferhi W, Bouassida A. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2023 Apr 28:1-7. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2022-0435. Online ahead of print. This study in male youth soccer players...
The Football Science Institute (FSI) recently organized a highly informative webinar focused on optimizing cognitive performance in football through the power of nutrition. The webinar, led by renowned West Ham nutritionist Matt Jones, took place on May 1st as part of the prestigious Science4Football...
External and internal training load comparison between sided-game drills in professional soccer. Beato M, de Keijzer KL, Costin AJ. Front Sports Act Living. 2023 Apr 4;5:1150461. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1150461. eCollection 2023. This study with 24 male professional soccer players of the same club analyzed 7...
Football Science Institute is pleased to announce the renewal and expansion of its partnership with the Fundación Real Club Celta, which encompasses education, scientific collaborations, and professional internships. This collaboration will allow both parties to leverage each other’s strengths. Real Club Celta’s professionals will...
Developmental stage and lower quadriceps flexibilities and decreased gastrocnemius flexibilities are predictive risk factors for developing Osgood-Schlatter disease in adolescent male soccer players. Takei S, Torii S, Taketomi S, Iizuka S, Tojima M, Iwanuma S, Iida Y, Tanaka S. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc....
Football Science Institute (FSI) is delighted to announce the signing of an educational alliance with PSV Eindhoven to promote excellence in sport science in football through education, scientific collaborations, and internships. PSV is a well-known team in the Dutch league and in world football,...
FSI is proud to announce that Jesús Olivares, a graduate from FSI Master Football Strength and Conditioning Coach, has been hired by Estoril Praia after successfully completing his internship at the club. This news comes as Jesús joins the list of FSI students who...
The Safe Landing warm up technique modification programme: An effective anterior cruciate ligament injury mitigation strategy to improve cutting and jump-movement quality in soccer players. Olivares-Jabalera J, Fílter A, Dos Santos T, Ortega-Domínguez J, Soto Hermoso VM, Requena B. J Sports Sci. 2023 Mar...
Football Science Institute (FSI) is delighted to announce the signing of an educational alliance with Slavia Praha to promote excellence in sport science in football through education, scientific collaborations, and internships. Slavia Praha is a professional football club based in the Czech Republic’s capital city,...
Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion and landing postures during a soccer-specific task. Akbari H, Shimokochi Y, Sheikhi B. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 16;18(3):e0283150. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283150. eCollection 2023 In this study on 30 male soccer players, the ankle dorsiflexion DF-ROM was measured by the weight...
On May 1st and 2nd, 2023, the fifth edition of the Science4Football congress will take place in Warsaw, Poland, organized annually by Legia Warsaw. This event will feature FSI as an educational partner of the congress, through the presentations of distinguished professors such as Bernardo...
Reduced Match Exposure in the Previous 2 Matches Accounts for Hamstring Muscle Injury Incidence in Professional Football Players. Moreno-Pérez V, Del Coso J, López-Del Campo R, Resta R, Romero-Sangüesa J, Courel-Ibáñez J, Méndez-Villanueva A. Sports Health. 2023 Mar 10:19417381231158117. doi: 10.1177/19417381231158117 This observational study...
Epidemiology of Football Injuries of the German Bundesliga: A Media-Based, Prospective Analysis over 7 Consecutive Seasons. Aus der Fünten K, Tröß T, Hadji A, Beaudouin F, Steendahl IB, Meyer T. Sports Med Open. 2023 Mar 3;9(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s40798-023-00563-x This study used the sport-specific journal...
Football Science Institute (FSI) has announced a new educational cooperation agreement with Cádiz CF, a Spanish First Division club founded in 1910. The partnership represents a significant collaboration in the world of football that aims to promote excellence in sports science and soccer education....
Cercle Brugge’s remarkable physical performance on the pitch has been turning heads across Europe, and it is worth noting that the club’s success has been driven by a team of experts, including students of the Football Science Institute (FSI) Master Football Strength & Conditioning...
Activity Distribution Among the Hamstring Muscles During the Nordic Hamstring Exercise: A Multichannel Surface Electromyography Study. Suskens JJM, Reurink G, Tol JL Kerkhoffs GMMJ, Goedhart EA, Maas H, van Dieën JH. J Appl Biomech. 2023 Jan 1:1-11. doi: 10.1123/jab.2022-0102. Online ahead of sprint This...
Football Science Institute continues to contribute to the creation and development of scientific knowledge in soccer. FSI LAB aims to investigate and disseminate the science behind football, addressing the needs and concerns of FSI students and partner clubs by providing scientific answers and real resources...
Football Science Institute (FSI) has announced a new educational collaboration with Olympique de Marseille to promote excellence in sports science in football. The collaboration will involve education, scientific research, and internships. Olympique de Marseille is one of the most renowned football clubs in France, having...
The Football Science Institute recently hosted a highly successful webinar on injury prevention in football, featuring top experts in the field. The webinar was held on February 21st and attracted a large audience of football coaches, trainers, and players from around the world. The event...
Stadium attendance demand in the men’s UEFA Champions League: Do fans value sporting contest or match quality? Wills G, Addesa F, Tacon R. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 3;18(2):e0276383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276383. eCollection 2023 This paper on men’s UEFA Champions League analyzing 1,234 matches from 2009/10...
Football Science Institute is thrilled to announce the renewal and expansion of its partnership with Valencia CF, encompassing education, scientific collaborations and internships. “We are delighted to further our relationship with FSI, a leading player in football and sports science,” says Ángel García, Head of...
Focus of Attention During ACL Injury Prevention Exercises Affects Improvements in Jump-Landing Kinematics in Soccer Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Dalvandpour N, Zareei M, Abbasi H, Abdoli B, Mohammadian MA, Rommers N, Rössler R. J Strength Cond Res. 2023 Feb 1;37(2):337-342. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004201. Epub...
The Five-substitution Option Enhances Teams’ Running Performance at High Speed in Football. López-Valenciano A, Moreno-Perez V, Campo RL, Resta R, Coso JD. Int J Sports Med. 2023 Jan 20. doi: 10.1055/a-1982-9808 This comparative analysis performed in 17 professional football teams for the 2019-2020 (up...
FSI is pleased to announce that a new FSI graduate student has been hired to work at a professional football club. Pablo Fernandez Lorenzo, FSI’s graduate Football Strength and Conditioning Coach student has been hired by Real Club Celta de Vigo after completing his internship...
The Football Science Institute (FSI) has announced a new strategic partnership with Ionikos Football Club to promote excellence in sport science and football education. The collaboration will include scientific research, internships, and educational opportunities for Ionikos’ staff and players. Ionikos is a well-respected and historic...
Contextualised high-intensity running profiles of elite football players with reference to general and specialised tactical roles. Ju W, Doran D, Hawkins R, Evans M, Laws A, Bradley PS. Biol Sport. 2023 Jan;40(1):291-301. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2023.116003. Epub 2022 May 10 This study on 244 English Premier...
FootbalI Science Institute is delighted to sign an educational alliance with Cruzeiro for the promotion of excellence in sport science in football including education, scientific collaborations and internships. Cruzeiro is recognized as one of the biggest clubs in Brazilian and international football being twice runner-up...
Greater numbers of passes and shorter possession durations result in increased likelihood of goals in 2010 to 2018 World Cup Champions. Taha T(1), Ali AY(1). PLoS One. 2023 Jan 6;18(1):e0280030. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280030. eCollection 2023 This study analyzed 4465 possessions originating in the defensive zones...
Revisiting the effect of team passion displayed during national anthems on subsequent success: A replication and extension. Manley H(1), Savejnarong T(1), Pornsukjantra P(1), Bunditanukul M(1), Sasipongsakorn N(1). Eur J Sport Sci. 2022 Dec 30:1-8. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2022.2152731. Online ahead of print. This paper replicates Slater...
Are the Pathologic Features of Enthesopathy, Tendinopathy, and Labral and Articular Disc Disease Related to Mucoid Degeneration? A Systematic Review. Bruni DF(1), Pierson SR, Sarwar F, Ring D, Ramtin S. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2022 Dec 23. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002499. Online ahead of print This...
Perspectives on Postmatch Fatigue From 300 Elite European Soccer Players. Di Salvo V(1)(2), Bonanno D(3), Modonutti M(2), Scanavino A(2), Donatelli C(2), Pigozzi F(1), Lolli L(4). Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2022 Dec 15:1-6. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2022-0200. Online ahead of print This study used a short...
Effects of match contextual factors on internal and external load in elite Brazilian professional soccer players through the season. Aquino R(1), Guimarães R(2)(3), Junior GOC(2), Clemente FM(4)(5)(6), García-Calvo T(7), Pulido JJ(8), Nobari H(9)(10)(11), Praça GM(12). Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 9;12(1):21287. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25903-x This study on...
Evaluation of the Playing Time Benefits of Foreign Players in the Big-5 European Football Leagues. Zhang H(1), Jiang J(1). J Hum Kinet. 2022 Nov 8;84:238-249. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2022-000072. eCollection 2022 Oct This study constructed a benefit model based on playing time and game points to evaluate...
Testing the effects of 4-week training programs based on extreme and medium-sided soccer games: a study focusing on change-of-direction, vertical jump height and locomotor profile. Makar P(1), Praça G(2), Kawczyński A(1), Akyildiz Z(3), Yıldız M(4), Aquino R(5), Clemente FM(6)(7)(8). BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2022...
Assessment of Patient-Reported Outcomes at Return-to-Sport Following Lateral Ankle Sprain Injuries: A Report from the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network. Lam KC(1), Marshall AN(2), Bay RC(3), Wikstrom EA(4). J Athl Train. 2022 Nov 17. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-0111.22. Online ahead of print. This study in 69 athletic...
Football Science Institute has reached an educational cooperation agreement with Real Valladolid CF. Founded in 1928, Real Valladolid CF is one of the most recognized clubs in Spain with a total of 45 seasons in the top league. This professional alliance represents an important collaboration...
Football Science Institute adds a new Educational Partner in Sweeden with Hammarby. Hammarby is a prestigious club founded in 1915 that plays in the Allsvenskan, the top division in Sweeden. In terms of training and education, this agreement represents an important collaboration whereby FSI will...
A classification of specific movement skills and patterns during sprinting in English Premier League soccer. Caldbeck P(1), Dos’Santos T(2)(3). PLoS One. 2022 Nov 11;17(11):e0277326. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277326. eCollection 2022. This study analysed video footage of 901 sprint efforts (≥ 7.0 m/s) from 10 matches of an...
Quantifying Exposure and Intra-Individual Reliability of High-Speed and Sprint Running During Sided-Games Training in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Dello Iacono A(1), McLaren SJ(2)(3), Macpherson TW(4), Beato M(5), Weston M(6), Unnithan VB(4), Shushan T(7). Sports Med. 2022 Nov 4. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01773-1. This systematic...
Ketone Ester Supplementation Improves Some Aspects of Cognitive Function during a Simulated Soccer Match after Induced Mental Fatigue. Quinones MD(1), Lemon PWR(1). Nutrients. 2022 Oct 19;14(20):4376. doi: 10.3390/nu14204376. In this study 9 recreationally active men performed a 40-min mental fatiguing task and then completed a...
Are sprint accelerations related to groin injuries? A biomechanical analysis of adolescent soccer players. Dupré T(1)(2), Potthast W(1). Sports Biomech. 2022 Oct 19:1-13. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2022.2133740. This study on 22 adolescent male soccer players analysing the first ground contact of a linear sprint acceleration with 3D...
Influence of Tactical Behaviour on Running Performance in The Three Most Successful Soccer Teams During the Competitive Season of The Spanish First Division. Asian-Clemente J, Suarez-Arrones L, Requena B, Santalla A. J Hum Kinet. 2022 Apr 26;82:135-144. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2022-0040. This study analyzes the influence of...
FSI is delighted to renew and expand our partnership with the Swedish Football Association to include education, scientific collaborations and internships. We are delighted to extend our cooperation with FSI, a highly respected actor in football and sports science. To fulfil our mission to develop...
External Workload Compared Between Competitive and Non-Competitive Matches for Professional Male Soccer Players. Asian-Clemente J, Requena B, Owen A, Santalla A. J Hum Kinet. 2022 Sep 8;83:175-184. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2022-0057. This study in 10 elite male soccer players during official (n = 12), friendly (n =...
The Use of Sand as an alternative surface for Training, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation in English Professional Football and barriers to implementation: A Cross-sectional survey of medical staff. Richardson MC, English B, Chesterton P. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Sep 15. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2125566. This cross-sectional survey...
Football Science Institute has reached an educational cooperation agreement with Cádiz CF. Founded in 1910, Cádiz Club de Fútbol is one of the most recognized clubs in Spain. It was promoted to the top flight for the first time in 1977, and since then has...
Perspectives of the barriers and enablers to nutritional adherence in professional male academy football players. Carter JL, Lee DJ, Ranchordas MK, Cole M. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Sep 9. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2123554. This study used interviews with 13 professional young players, 12 sports nutritionists, and 10...
Melatonin supplementation alleviates cellular damage and physical performance decline induced by an intensive training period in professional soccer players. Farjallah MA, Ghattassi K, Kamoun A, Graja A, Ben Mahmoud L, Driss T, Jamoussi K, Sahnoun Z, Souissi N, Zmijewski P, Hammouda O. PLoS One....
Football Science Institute adds a new Educational Partner in Mexico with the incorporation of Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A. de C.V., better known as Chivas. Chivas is one of the two teams with the most championships in the history of Mexican soccer, the club was founded...
High revision arthroscopy rate after ACL reconstruction in men’s professional team sports. Bloch H, Reinsberger C, Klein C, Luig P, Krutsch W. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Aug 17. doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-07105-0. This study analysed the German statutory accidental insurance for professional athletes (VBG) data...
Our FSI student, Boris Tatar, took advantage of his vacation in Croatia to visit one of our partner clubs and see on-site the work they do in the club. Boris was able to meet with different members of the Dinamo Zagreb academy and exchange views...
Don’t Peak Too Early: Evidence for an ACL Injury Prevention Mechanism of the 11+ Program. Sigurðsson HB, Briem K, Grävare Silbernagel K, Snyder-Mackler L. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2022 Aug 1;17(5):823-831. doi: 10.26603/001c.36524. eCollection 2022. In this study 3 teams (69 players) of collegiate...
Incidence and severity of hamstring injuries in female athletes who play field sports: A systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies. Mullins K, Mac Colgáin D, Carton P. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2022 Aug 5:1-31. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2022.11144. This systematic review on the incidence of...
From FSI we are pleased to announce the celebration of our annual conference, the III FSI Conference on High Performance in Football will take place in Granada on November 30th, 1st and 2nd of December. The conference will include the participation of more than 30...
From FSI we are extremely proud to announce that another FSI master student has been hired at one of our partner clubs. FSI student Dani Lorenzo has been hired by Sporting de Braga after his internship at the club. Dani, who arrived at the club...
A risk-reward assessment of passing decisions: comparison between positional roles using tracking data from professional men’s soccer. Goes F, Schwarz E, Elferink-Gemser M, Lemmink K, Brink M. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Aug;6(3):372-380. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1944660. Epub 2021 Jun 27. Performance assessment in professional soccer often focusses...
The effect of physical fatigue on the performance of soccer players: A systematic review. Dambroz F, Clemente FM, Teoldo I. PLoS One. 2022 Jul 14;17(7):e0270099. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270099. This systematic review on a total of 12 articles about the effect of physical fatigue on the performance...
When and How do Professional Soccer Players Experience Maximal Intensity Sprints in Laliga? Oliva-Lozano JM, Fortes V, López-Del Campo R, Resta R, Muyor JM. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Jul 8. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2100462. This study of 1252 match observations from 277 male professional soccer players found...
Football Science Institute adds a new Educational Partner in Poland with Legia Warsaw. Legia is a prestigious club founded in 1916 that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top division in Poland. Legia is one of the most successful clubs in Poland’s history, with a total...
Peripheral muscle function during repeated changes of direction in professional soccer players Rampinini E, Martin M, Davide F, Bosio A, Azzolini M, Riggio M, Maffiuletti NA Eur J Appl Physiol. 2022 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s00421-022-04988-2 In this study, knee extensor peripheral muscle function (twitch peak...
The research activity carried out by the FSI Sport Research Lab continues to contribute to the creation and development of scientific knowledge in soccer. Here you can watch a video summary of one of our last publications, explained by Jose Asian, member of FSI lab, teacher...
Relative skeletal maturity status affects injury burden in U14 elite academy football players. Monasterio X, Bidaurrazaga-Letona I, Larruskain J, Lekue JA, Diaz-Beitia G, Santisteban J, Martin-Garetxana I, Gil SM. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2022 Jun 24. doi: 10.1111/sms.14204. This study in 183 U14 elite...
Is there association between cutting and jump-landing movement quality in semi-professional football players? Implications for ACL injury risk screening. Olivares-Jabalera J, Fílter-Ruger A, Dos’Santos T, Ortega-Domínguez J, Sánchez-Martínez RR, Soto Hermoso VM, Requena B. Phys Ther Sport. 2022 Jun 3;56:15-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.05.015. This study...
Fatigue and Recovery Time Course After Female Soccer Matches: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis. Goulart KNO, Coimbra CC, Campos HO, Drummond LR, Ogando PHM, Brown G, Couto BP, Duffield R, Wanner SP. Sports Med Open. 2022 Jun 3;8(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s40798-022-00466-3. This meta-analysis of 26 studies...
Non-contact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Epidemiology in Team-Ball Sports: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis by Sex, Age, Sport, Participation Level, and Exposure Type. Chia L, De Oliveira Silva D, Whalan M, McKay MJ, Sullivan J, Fuller CW, Pappas E. Sports Med. 2022 May 27. doi:...
Fecal microbiota monitoring in elite soccer players along the 2019-2020 competitive season. Viciani E, Barone M, Bongiovanni T, Quercia S, Di Gesu R, Pasta G, Manetti P, Iaia FM, Trecroci A, Rampelli S, Candela M, Biagi E, Castagnetti A. Int J Sports Med. 2022 May...
Is there a relationship between in-season injury risk and Y balance or vertical jump in elite youth soccer players? Haraldsdottir K, Baer M, Brickson S, Watson A. FASEB J. 2022 May;36 Suppl 1. doi: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.L7500. This study in 41 female young elite soccer players (age...
Effects of Vest and Sled Resisted Sprint Training on Sprint Performance in Young Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Fernández-Galván LM, Casado A, García-Ramos A, Haff GG. J Strength Cond Res. 2022 Apr 29. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004255. This meta-analysis found published evidence that resisted sprint...
Effect of ball inclusion on jump performance in soccer players: a biomechanical approach. Fílter A, Olivares Jabalera J, Molina-Molina A, Suárez-Arrones L, Robles-Rodríguez J, Dos’Santos T, Loturco I, Requena B, Santalla A. Sci Med Footb. 2022 May;6(2):241-247. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1915495 The aim of this...
Ankle sprains and syndesmosis (sometimes called “high-ankle sprains”) are completely different injuries, as the latter occur with external rotation and dorsiflexion of the ankle, although in 20% of ankle sprains it seems to be concurrent to a syndesmotic injury. The incidence of syndesmotic injuries is...
Hamstring consist of three muscles: biceps femoris (BF), semitendinosus and semimembranosus, and is the most common muscle-tendon injury in football. Most injuries are mild strains, partial tears or contusions that are treated by conservative means. Surgery can be carried out as an early treatment (in...
High return to sport rate and few re-ruptures at long term in professional footballers after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstrings Bonanzinga T, Grassi A, Altomare D, Lucidi GA, Macchiarola L, Zaffagnini S, Marcacci M Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Apr 22. doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-06944-1...
Preseason Eccentric Strength is Not Associated with Hamstring Strain Injury: A Prospective Study in Collegiate Athletes Wille CM, Stiffler-Joachim MR, Kliethermes SA, Sanfilippo JL, Tanaka CS, Heiderscheit BC. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Apr 13. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002913. This study in 326 collegiate...
Football Science Insitute (FSI), through its FSI Lab, is developing a joint research project with our partners Kinexon Sports & Media GmbH and Real Betis Balompié SAD. The project is coordinated by Bernardo Requena (Director of FSI Lab), Jose Asián (Head of Performance of Real...
Predicting Hamstring Strains in Soccer Players Based on ROM: An Analysis From a Gender Perspective. Molina-Cárdenas Á, Álvarez-Yates T, García-García O. Res Q Exerc Sport. 2022 Apr 8:1-7. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2021.2011091. Online ahead of print. This study in 100 amateur soccer players (56 men and 44...
Incidence of Injury for Professional Soccer Players in the United States: A 6-Year Prospective Study of Major League Soccer. Forsythe B, Knapik DM, Crawford MD, Diaz CC, Hardin D, Gallucci J, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Mandelbaum BR, Lemak L, Putukian M, Giza E. Orthop J Sports Med....
KINEXON and the FSI strengthen their joint objective of promoting new methodologies of work and training by signing this partnership. Both companies will work together on the research projects and training actions that the Football Science Institute is developing together with prestigious football clubs. KINEXON’s...
Small-Sided Games in Elite Football: Practical Solutions to Replicate the 4-min Match-Derived Maximal Intensities. Riboli A, Esposito F, Coratella G. J Strength Cond Res. 2022 Mar 23. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004249. This study observed 20 professional football players during Small Sided Games SSGs with (SSGwith) or without...
The hamstrings are the most common location of injuries in football (37%), in which biceps femoris long head (BFlh) is the most injured muscle (86%). These injuries can cause structural disruption at the muscle and connective tissue level. Muscle architecture properties seems to be related...
Effect of support foot placement on football instep kick performance. Ou YC, Lei MK, Cheng KB. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Mar 17. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2055781. Online ahead of print. To investigate the kick performance under different support foot positions, 10 male footballers performed a maximum ball...
The last period of our training courses consists of an internship, in which the student is introduced to the work world thanks to the collaboration agreements available at FSI with professional clubs that you will find on our website: https://fsi.training/alumnos/ Can you imagine taking one...
High-speed training in a specific context in soccer: transition games. Asian-Clemente J, Rabano-Munoz A, Requena B, Suarez-Arrones L. Int J Sports Med. 2022 Mar 10. doi: 10.1055/a-1794-9567. This study compares the load of three soccer training tasks: a transition game, a small-sided game with a...
Interchangeability of player movement variables from different athlete tracking systems in professional soccer. Ellens S, Hodges D, McCullagh S, Malone JJ, Varley MC. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Feb;6(1):1-6. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1879393. Epub 2021 Feb 19. This study assessed the interchangeability between 10-Hz multi-GNSS GPS devices (Vector®)...
The Real Club Celta de Vigo Foundation and FSI have signed an educational cooperation agreement by which both institutions will collaborate in joint projects in Training, Marketing and Internship Programs for students certified by FSI. The historic Galician club RC Celta de Vigo, which...
Relationships of Final Velocity at 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test and Anaerobic Speed Reserve with Body Composition, Sprinting, Change-of-Direction and Vertical Jumping Performances: A Cross-Sectional Study in Youth Soccer Players. Silva AF, Alvurdu S, Akyildiz Z, Clemente FM. Biology (Basel). 2022 Jan 27;11(2):197. doi: 10.3390/biology11020197. This...
Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care. Bullock GS, Hughes T, Arundale AH, Ward P, Collins GS, Kluzek S. Sports Med. 2022 Feb 17. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01655-6. In this...
Return to Play and Player Performance After Achilles Tendon Rupture in UEFA Professional Soccer Players: A Matched-Cohort Analysis of Players From 1999 to 2018. Forlenza EM, Lavoie-Gagne OZ, Lu Y, Diaz CC, Chahla J, Forsythe B Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Sep 27;9(9):23259671211024199. doi: 10.1177/23259671211024199...
Beyond Distance: A Simple Qualitative Assessment of the Single-Leg Hop Test in Return-to-Play Testing. Paolo SD, Zaffagnini S, Tosarelli F, Grassi A, Della Villa F . Sports Health. 2022 Jan 26:19417381211063450. doi: 10.1177/19417381211063450 This study on competitive football (soccer) players found that a 2D qualitative...
Measurement properties of external training load variables during standardised games in soccer: Implications for training and monitoring strategies. Clubb J, Towlson C, Barrett S. University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia & Football Science Institute PLoS One. 2022 Jan 21;17(1):e0262274. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262274 This study assesses the...
The Portuguese club, currently in the process of sports development and with ambitions to rise to the top category, will rely on FSI for the training and counsel of its coaches in the areas of physical performance and health. In addition, FSI graduate students will...
Did you know that FSI graduate students can choose to carry out internships in high-level football clubs? Here, Amador Sanchez tells us about his internship in Valencia CF. Start your professional future in football with FSI today!
1. Cam morphology is associated with MRI-defined cartilage defects and labral tears: a case-control study of 237 young adult football players with and without hip and groin pain Heerey J et al La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2021 Dec...
1. Prevalence of binocular vision dysfunctions in professional football players Jorge J, Diaz-Rey A, Lira M. Clinical and Experimental Optometry Research Laboratory (Ceorlab), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Clin Exp Optom. 2021 Dec 9:1-7. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.2002667 This study examined the prevalence of binocular vision dysfunctions...
Football Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries mechanism reloaded: how, where and when How do ACL injuries occur in football? The most typical ACL injury mechanisms are non-contact (44%) in which players get injured in their interaction with the environment (important role of deceiving actions/distractions) and indirect...
The FSI Conference 2021: Mathew Buckthorpe Injuries are problematic in football due to their impact on financial, team, and player performance. Medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries are the most common of all traumatic knee injuries and the most common severe injury subtype after hamstrings injuries....
The British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences (BASES) has announced the endorsement of our FSI Master’s course, Strength&Conditioning Football Coach. Therefore, this FSI course is recognised as meeting required criteria for the award of BASES’s Continued Professional Development (CPD) credits. In addition, the Football...
1. Long sports career and satisfactory clinical outcomes after Meniscal Allograft Transplantation (MAT) in young professional athletes involved in strenuous sports Bonanzinga T, Grassi A, Altomare D, Vitale ND, Zaffagnini S, Marcacci M Humanitas University, Rozzano & Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy Knee Surg Sports...
For an athlete to return to play (RTP) after ACL reconstruction (ACLR), multiple factors that should be assessed. Physical tests allow to evaluate movement strategies in the main mechanisms which may predispose to injury. Almost 90% of players RTP in 10 months after ACLR, although...
Did you know that FSI graduate students can choose to carry out internships in high-level football clubs? Here, Amador Sanchez tells us about his internship in Valencia CF. Start your professional future in football with FSI today!
1. A Review of Legal, Ethical, and Governance Issues for Team Doctors Orchard JJ, Maddocks D, Carneiro E, Orchard JW Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Clin J Sport Med. 2021 Nov 10. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000986 This paper analyzes media reports, legal...
Traditionally, interventions to improve performance of substitutes have not received much attention. Their pre-match warm-ups are usually performed isolated from starters and they then carry out a re-warm-up in the second half prior to going onto the field. Substitutes should be prepared to perform at...
Preparation for training and matches usually starts with the regular team warm-up, consisting of 10-30’ of generic/specific directed-to-team preparation, but the ‘one-fits-all’ approach may not be enough for individual preparation. The 360º individual pre-formance strategy (360PRE) is a strategy designed to protect the body, provoke...
Did you know that FSI graduate students can choose to participate in internships at high-level football clubs? In this video, Santiago Diaz tells us about his internship with America Mexico. Start your professional future in football with FSI today!
Xavi Hernandez is the new head coach of Barcelona FC. In the FSI Master’s course High-Performance Football Coach, Xavi offers our students an extensive technical interview about his training methodology. Here we offer you a brief extract of it.
Mexico’s Club America and the Football Science Institute renew their collaborative educational partnership until 2022, expanding the professional alliance that has united both institutions since 2020 through joint training, marketing, and internship programs for students certified by FSI. The Club will continue to promote the...
1. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Increases the Risk of Hamstring Strain Injury Across Football Codes in Australia Messer DJ, Williams MD, Bourne MN, Opar DA, Timmins RG, Shield AJ Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Sports Med. 2021 Oct 28. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01567-x In this...
Long-term athletic development (LTAD) is a process over several years in which strength training is carried out from a young age. It is an important capability as it is correlated to jumping, sprinting, agility and a decreased injury rate. An optimal amount of stimuli in...
The outstanding Portuguese club, currently the champions of the Taça de Portugal, is relying on FSI for the training and counsel of its coaches in the areas of physical performance and health. In addition, FSI graduate students will have a place in the Club for...
Injuries, which are multifactorial and the most complex issue reported by practitioners, have a huge negative impact on the performance and economy of professional football teams. As a starting point for decision making to reduce injury risk, teams should find an effective way to store...
1. Return to Sports After Total Hip Arthroplasty: An Umbrella Review for Consensus Guidelines Sowers CB, Carrero AC, Cyrus JW, Ross JA, Golladay GJ, Patel NK Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA Am J Sports Med. 2021 Oct 20:3635465211045698. doi: 10.1177/03635465211045698 This systematic review on...
Football Science Institute adds a new Educational Partner in Turkey with the Beşiktaş Club. Besiktas is a prestigious club founded in 1903 that plays in the Turkish Super League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and Turkish Cup. It is one of the three main...
Training based strategies to optimize readiness to play may be based on three main pillars. Firstly, the periodization process will serve as a framework of how the players will be biologically prepared in relation to match competition, the game being the key indicator. Most muscular...
The British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences (BASES) has announced the endorsement of our FSI Master’s course, Strength&Conditioning Football Coach. Therefore, this FSI course is recognised as meeting required criteria for the award of BASES’s Continued Professional Development (CPD) credits. In addition, the Football...
1. Factors affecting return to play and graft re-rupture after primary ACL reconstruction in professional footballers. Balendra G, Jones M, Borque KA, Willinger L, Pinheiro VH, Williams A Fortius Clinic, London, UK Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s00167-021-06765-8 This retrospective review...
KINEXON, one of the world’s leading providers of real-time sports performance tracking and analytics, and the Football Science Institute, a global platform of professionals, teachers and experts for the development of football, reach a strategic technology collaboration agreement to generate and coordinate activities between both...
Travel fatigue (cumulative exposure to a travelling environment) and jet-lag (dysregulation between internal circadian rhythms and external daylight processes) are the main issues related to team travel that, if not appropriately managed, can negatively affect performance and risk of illness/injury. In terms of short-haul travel...
In soccer, load can be categorised into three components: cardiovascular or metabolic (internal (IL)), mechanical (ML) and locomotive (LL) load, the last two referring to external load. Information coming from all three components provide the whole loading picture of the player. The relationship and interaction...
The Portuguese club, currently in the process of sports development and with ambitions to rise to the top category, will rely on FSI for the training and counsel of its coaches in the areas of physical performance and health. In addition, FSI graduate students will...
1. Strength training in professional soccer: effects on short-sprint and jump performance. Nuñez J, Suarez-Arrones L, de Hoyo M, Loturco I University of Pablo de Olavide of Sevilla, Spain & Football Science Institute Int J Sports Med. 2021 Sep 24. doi: 10.1055/a-1653-7350 The aim of...
Worst case scenarios (WCS) are the most intense physical activities experienced during match-play and they are analyzed via shorter match periods in different time windows (commonly, from 1’ to 10’). WCS are mainly used for establishing benchmarks for designing drills that are believed to reproduce...
At FSI Football, we know that there is nothing better than first-hand experience, that’s why we’d like to share our intern’s experience at one of our partner clubs. What do you say?
Fatigue is a complex mechanism involving both physiological and psychological fatigue. Mental fatigue (MF) is a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity shown to negatively influence physical performance, although it is under-investigated in soccer. In a series of counterbalanced, crossover...
1. Higher risk of ACL rupture in amateur football compared to professional football: 5-year results of the ‘Anterior cruciate ligament-registry in German football’ Szymski D et al Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Germany Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Sep 15. doi:...
1. Match-related physical performance in professional soccer: Position or player specific? Altmann S, Forcher L, Ruf L, Beavan A, Groß T, Lussi P, Woll A, Härtel S TSG ResearchLab gGmbH, Zuzenhausen, Germany PLoS One. 2021 Sep 10;16(9):e0256695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256695 This study examined official match data...
1. The Potential Role of Hamstring Extensibility on Sagittal Pelvic Tilt, Sagittal Spinal Curves and Recurrent Low Back Pain in Team Sports Players: A Gender Perspective Analysis. Cejudo A, Centenera-Centenera JM, Santonja-Medina F. Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Murcia, Spain Int J Environ Res...
Fooball Science Institute expands in Belgium with the Club Cercle Brugge KSV as a new Educational Partner. The historic Belgian club, founded in 1899 and currently active in the Belgian Pro League thus establishes a professional alliance with the FSI in order to promote Science...
Join us at the next II FSI-Real Betis Conference on High Performance in Soccer next September 9th and 10th live and online from the Benito Villamarín Stadium, and you will be able to enjoy 30 top-level talks like this one, as well as round tables,...
We are pleased to welcome you to the II FSI CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE IN FOOTBALL, which will be held on September 9 and 10, 2021 by online streaming from the Benito Villamarín Stadium in Seville, in collaboration with the Real Betis Balompié Club. As...
1. The Relationship Between Performance and Asymmetries in Different Multidirectional Sprint Tests in Soccer Players. Fílter A, Beltrán-Garrido V, Dos’Santos T, Romero-Rodríguez D, Requena B, Loturco I, Madruga-Parera M. FSI Sport Research Lab, Granada, Spain J Hum Kinet. 2021 Jul 28;79:155-164. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2021-0069 This study...
1. Cross-sectional Study of EMG and EMG Rise During Fast and Slow Hamstring Exercises Krommes K, Jakobsen MD, Bandholm T, Andersen LL, Zebis M, Shield A, Hölmich P, Thorborg K Amager-Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2021 Aug 1;16(4):1033-1042. doi:...
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1. How Relative Age Effects Associate with Football Players’ Market Values: Indicators of Losing Talent and Wasting Money Romann M, Javet M, Cobley S, Born DP Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen, Switzerland Sports (Basel). 2021 Jul 9;9(7):99. doi: 10.3390/sports9070099 This study analyzes the relationship between...
He is the new doctor of the Betis CF first team and in this interview he answers questions about the training for soccer professionals that we teach at FSI. In particular, the FSI Master – Football Doctor, enables practitioners to know how to work and...
1. Association between Clinical Vision Measures and Visual Perception and Soccer Referees’ On-field Performance Baptista AMG, Serra PM, Faisal M, Barrett BT Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom Optom Vis Sci. 2021 Jul 1;98(7):789-801. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001722 This study assessed clinically the vision...
Do you know David Joyce? In this interview, the director of the Master FSI – Football Injury Recontitioning Trainer tells us about his personal experience in the world of elite soccer, and as a world reference in science applied to sports performance and injury rehabilitation.
1. A multidisciplinary assessment of 320 athletes with long-standing groin pain syndrome in keeping with the Italian consensus agreement: the high incidence and the multiple causes of inguinal and hip pathologies and pubic osteopathy Bisciotti GN et al. Paris Saint Germain FC, Paris, France – bisciotti@libero.it...
1. Associations between Hamstring Fatigue and Sprint Kinematics during a Simulated Football (Soccer) Match Wilmes E, de Ruiter CJ, Bastiaansen BJC, Goedhart EA, Brink MS, van der Helm FCT, Savelsbergh GJP Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Jul...
1. Characterising running economy and change of direction economy between soccer players of different playing positions, levels and sex Dolci F et al School of Health Science, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Australia Eur J Sport Sci. 2021 Jul 6:1-25. doi:10.1080/17461391.2021.1953151 Traditional movement economy (ME)...
With the aim of training professionals in the sector and generating and exchanging scientific knowledge, the Football Science Institute (FSI) joins forces with the Valencia CF through the VCF Innovation Hub to develop research and education projects within the club that improve training processes and...
1. Regular football training down-regulates miR-1303 muscle expression in veterans Mancini A et al Department of Movement Sciences and Wellness, University Parthenope, Naples, Italy Eur J Appl Physiol. 2021 Jul 1. doi: 10.1007/s00421-021-04733-1 This study comparing RNA samples of 12 veteran football players (VPG) compared...
1. A New Foot-Mounted Inertial Measurement System in Soccer: Reliability and Comparison to Global Positioning Systems for Velocity Measurements During Team Sports Actions. Waldron M, Harding J, Barrett S, Gray A. Swansea University, College of Engineering, A-STEM, Swansea, UK J Hum Kinet. 2021 Jan 30;77:37-50....
Dr. Jesús Olmo provides a general view of the strategies for injury prevention in professional football today. Dr. Jesús Olmo is a specialist in Rehabilitation and Prevention of orthopedic and sports injuries, as well as expert in the health and performance of professional athletes. He...
1. Heading in Football: Incidence, Biomechanical Characteristics and the Association with Acute Cognitive Function-A Three-Part Systematic Review McCunn R (Heart of Midlothian Football Club, Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh, EH11 2NL, UK. bob.mccunn@me.com), Beaudouin F, Stewart K, Meyer T, MacLean J. Sports Med. 2021 Jun 15....
Dr. Jesús Olmo provides a general view of the strategies for injury prevention in professional football today. Dr. Jesús Olmo is a specialist in Rehabilitation and Prevention of orthopedic and sports injuries, as well as expert in the health and performance of professional athletes. He...
1. Local dynamic stability of the lower-limb as a means of post-hoc injury classification Larson J, Perkins E, Oldfather T, Zabala M. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America PLoS One. 2021 Jun 4;16(6):e0252839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252839 This study used the...
1. Association of the British Athletic Muscle Injury Classification and anatomic location with return to full training and reinjury following hamstring injury in elite football. Shamji R, James SLJ, Botchu R, Khurniawan KA, Bhogal G, Rushton A. Medical Department, Aston Villa FC, Birmingham, UK. The...
Dr. Jesús Olmo provides a general view of the strategies for injury prevention in professional football today. Dr. Jesús Olmo is a specialist in Rehabilitation and Prevention of orthopedic and sports injuries, as well as expert in the health and performance of professional athletes. He...
The end of the 2021 season has been fantastic for several teams affiliated with FSI. Villarreal CF, along with our director of the FSI Master’s course Tactical Analyst, Víctor Mañas, has been named Champion of the Europa League, making history for the Club. Sporting de...
1. Soccer goalkeeper expertise identification based on eye movements. Hosp BW, Schultz F, Höner O, Kasneci E. Human-Computer Interaction, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. (2)Institute of Sport Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. This study captured omnidirectional eye movements associated to in-field scenes displayed through...
Dr. Jesús Olmo provides a general view of the strategies for injury prevention in professional football today. Dr. Jesús Olmo is a specialist in Rehabilitation and Prevention of orthopedic and sports injuries, as well as expert in the health and performance of professional athletes. He...
FC Barcelona midfielder, Aitana Bonmatí, reveals how she’s achieved success after years of hard work, both physically and technically, in a short excerpt from an exclusive FSI interview from the FSI Master’s course High-Performance Football Coach.
1. Systematic Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Professional Female Soccer Players. Lucarno S, Zago M, Buckthorpe M, Grassi A, Tosarelli F, Smith R, Della Villa F. Youth Sector, Associazione Calcio Milan, Milan, Italy. This analysis of 35 ACL injury videos in matches...
The Colo-Colo Sports and Social Club from Santiago de Chile and FSI close on an educational cooperation agreement through which both institutions will collaborate in joint actions of training, marketing, and internship programs for students certified by FSI. The historic Club Colo-Colo participates in Chilean...
1. Aerodynamics of the newly approved football for the English Premier League 2020-21 season. Asai T, Hong S. Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8574, Japan. asai.takeshi.gf@u.tsukuba.ac.jp. The official ball for the 2020-21 season of the English Premier League (Flight 2020,...
1. Dose-Response Relationships between Training Load Measures and Physical Fitness in Professional Soccer Players. Younesi S, Rabbani A, Clemente FM, Silva R, Sarmento H, Figueiredo AJ. University of Coimbra, Research Unit for Sport and Physical Activity, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, 3004-531 Coimbra,...
FSI and Austin FC offers four to six professional technical internships in which interns can perform tasks assigned by the club’s professionals and integrate into the club’s daily team practices. The internships will be carried out at the club’s facilities during normal hours and under...
1. A Goal Scoring Probability Model for Shots Based on Synchronized Positional and Event Data in Football (Soccer). Anzer G, Bauer P. Sportec Solutions AG, Subsidiary of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL), Munich, Germany. Due to the low scoring nature of football (soccer), shots are...
Both organizations will continue to work together on research and via internships with graduate students, expanding and culminating their partnership with the FSI International Congress. Real Betis Balompié and the Football Science Institute extend their collaboration as educational partners until 2022, expanding the professional alliance...
Adolfo Muñoz is a medical doctor and is currently the Medical Director for Villarreal CF. He has extensive experience with professional football teams, such as Sevilla CF and Neuchatel FC. He specializes in Sports and Exercise Medicine, High Performance in Sports, Manual Medicine (orthopedic and...
Austin FC and FSI have signed an educational cooperation agreement through which both institutions will collaborate in a professional alliance in order to promote Sports Science applied to football. Austin FC is a team from the city of Austin, Texas in the United States that...
1. Drill design using the ‘control-chaos continuum’: Blending science and art during return to sport following knee injury in elite football. Allen T, Wilson S, Cohen DD, Taberner M. Arsenal Performance and Research Team, Arsenal Football Club, London, UK; Institute of Coaching and Performance, University...
Jose Asian is a strength & conditioning coach at Real Betis Balompié, Spain. He is an expert in strength and conditioning in football and training load monitoring in professional football teams.
CD Leganés and the Football Science Institute have reached a strategic agreement to generate and coordinate activities between both institutions. In terms of training and education, the agreement represents an important step forward in the future of both entities, a professional alliance with the aim...
1. Biomechanical Determinants of Performance and Injury Risk During Cutting: A Performance-Injury Conflict? Dos’Santos T, Thomas C, McBurnie A, Comfort P, Jones PA. Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Musculoskeletal Science and Sports Medicine Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints Building, Manchester Campus John...
AEK Athens Football Club is one of the most successful clubs in Greek football with a record of 30 official titles in the National League, Cup, League Cup and Super Cup, and a remarkable record of appearances in European competitions. Through this professional alliance, the...
We are proud to announce that Isokinetic Medical Group is offering a special rate for our FSI membership programme subscribers to attend the Isokinetic Conference Voyage. The 29th Isokinetic Medical Group Conference will be held at the Lyon Convention Center, on June 4th-6th 2022 and...
The Isokinetic Conference Voyage includes: 4 Virtual Summits and the in-person Isokinetic Conference in Lyon 2022 Please note the dates below: Virtual 18th April 2021 – THE ONGOING ACL DILEMMAS Virtual 11th July 2021 – FOOTBALL RESEARCH GROUP: UPDATES FROM UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STUDIES Virtual...
Club Dinamo Zagreb is considered the most representative club of the city of Zagreb and one of the most powerful clubs in Croatia, currently qualified in the quarterfinals of the UEFA European League. The Club has a renowned youth academy in its soccer school, which...
1. The prevalence and practices of caffeine use as an ergogenic aid in English professional soccer. Tallis J, Clarke N, Morris R, Richardson D, Ellis M, Eyre E, Duncan M, Noon M. Center for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Alison Gingell Building, Coventry University, Priory...
1. Accuracy and reliability of the InBody 270 multi-frequency body composition analyser in 10-12-year-old children. Larsen MN, Krustrup P, Araújo Póvoas SC, Castagna C Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, SDU Sport and Health Sciences Cluster (SHSC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern...
The medical community is used to listening to itself. Most medical conferences focus solely on the voice of the practitioners and academics. Isokinetic Conference wants to break this habit, with a Patient First ethos, it’s now the time to listen to our players voices. 200...
Martino V. Franchi is a Sports Scientist and a current Assistant Professor at the University of Padova in Italy. His academic background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Science at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano; a Master’s Degree in Sports Science at...
The historic club Sporting de Braga and the Football Science Institute have reached an academic collaboration agreement to generate and coordinate activities between both institutions. Sporting de Braga is one of the most important clubs in the country and has a track record of participation...
1. Return to Play and Fracture Union After the Surgical Management of Jones Fractures in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Attia AK, Taha T, Kong G, Alhammoud A, Mahmoud K, Myerson M. Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. Systematic review following the...
The Boavista F.C. and the Football Science Institute sign a strategic agreement of sport scientific collaboration to generate and coordinate activities between both institutions. With this agreement, Boavista Futebol Clube and FSI, the global platform of professionals, teachers, and experts for the development of football,...
1. Attacking Key Performance Indicators in Soccer: Current Practice and Perceptions from the Elite to Youth Academy Level. Herold M, Kempe M, Bauer P, Meyer T Institute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Attacking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are used to evaluate...
¡THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer is a team sport characterized by prolonged high-intensity intermittent efforts (Mohr et al., 2003). During match-play, players perform approximately 200 actions at high-intensity (Mohr et al., 2003). Besides running and sprinting, players perform numerous high physically demanding activities such as directional changes,...
1. Effects of Caffeine Supplementation on Physical Performance of Soccer Players: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ferreira RES, Pacheco RL, de Oliveira Cruz Latorraca C, Riera R, Eid RG, Martimbianco ALC. Centro Universitário São Camilo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. This systematic review with meta-analysis of 16...
Aaron Coutts is a Professor at University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. He is a word-class researcher in Sports Sciences. He is currently director of the Department of Sports Science at the Carlton Football Club (Australia). His professional and research activity focuses especially in control...
1. Effects of Different Recovery Times on Internal and External Load During Small-Sided Games in Soccer. Branquinho L, Ferraz R, Travassos B, Marinho DA, Marques MC. Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. To identify the effects of different recovery times on...
Franco Impellizzeri is a Professor at the Technological University of Sydney. Australia. He is a world-class researcher, with a scientific activity characterized by >150 JCR articles. He is currently Associate Editor of the prestigious Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance and Chief Editor of Science...
1. Vertical Force-velocity Profiling and Relationship to Sprinting in Elite Female Soccer Players. Manson SA, Low C, Legg H, Patterson SD, Meylan C. Department for Physical Performance, Canadian Soccer Association, Ottawa, Canada. 39 international female soccer players performed 40-m sprints, maximal countermovement jumps and loaded...
1. SARS-CoV-2 transmission during rugby league matches: do players become infected after participating with SARS-CoV-2 positive players? Ben Jones, Gemma Phillips, Simon Kemp, Brendan Payne, Brian Hart, Matthew Cross, Keith A Stokes. Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University,...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Hypohydration is known to decrease plasma volume and increase plasma osmotic pressure. Although the increased plasma osmotic pressure mobilizes fluid from the intracellular space into the extracellular space, this amount of fluid is not sufficient to totally restore plasma volume (Kenefick and Cheuvront...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Physical performance testing is crucial to create and design more effective and tailored training programs. In addition, profiling athletes’ physical characteristics is important to understand the discrepancies in physical performance with aging, furthering the ability of soccer clubs to make informed and rational...
1. Why the Chosen Ones May Not Always Be the Best Leaders: Criteria for Captain Selection as Predictors of Leadership Quality and Acceptance. Butalia R(1), Fransen K(1), Coffee P(2), Laenens J(1), Boen F(1). Author information: (1) Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. (2)...
Professor Rob Duffield is a sports & exercise scientist at the University of Technology Sydney. He also works as Head of Research & Development for Football Federation Australia (FFA). His research areas include factors related to fatigue and recovery, sleep and travel, training and cooling...
1. The Moral Gatekeeper: Soccer and Technology, the Case of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Tamir I, Bar-Eli M. This paper argues that, despite fierce objections and extensive criticism, VAR represents a moral revolution in the evolution of the sport as a whole, improving the professional...
Thomas Odegaard is the Head Physio of Strømsgodset IF (Norway) and the Norwegian national football team. He is also a personal physiotherapist of professional footballer Martin Odegaard. He is an expert in injury reconditioning for professional football players.
1. The prognostic value of the hamstring outcome score to predict the risk of hamstring injuries. van de Hoef PA, Brink MS, van der Horst N, van Smeden M, Backx FJG. Analysis of data of 356 amateur soccer players showed that the hamstring outcome score...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer is characterized by repeated high-intensity actions performed throughout a match, interspersed with low-intensity recovery periods (Mohr et al., 2005). Players regularly cover total distances ranging between 10–13 km, with about 10% being travelled at high-speed running (HSR) and sprinting, (Mohr et al.,...
“The global platform of professionals, teachers and experts dedicated to the promotion of Sports Science for the development of soccer has signed a collaboration agreement with the club. Thanks to this agreement, the technicians of the Academy will jointly develop a scientific research project, so...
Providing efficient evidence-based options to enhance sprint performance training is crucial for strength and conditioning coaches in high level soccer settings. Jean-Benoit Morin offers us this video analyzing the keys to study carried out together with Johan Lahti, Toni Huuhka, Valentin Romero, Ian Bezodis, and...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The physical abilities associated with accelerations, decelerations, and rapid changes of direction (CODs) are considered key components in the match demands of various team-sports (Abdelkrim et al., 2010). A recent systematic review showed that there are approximately 500 to 3000 changes of activity...
Dr. Jesús Olmo is a specialist in Rehabilitation and Prevention of orthopedic and sports injuries, as well as expert in the health and performance of professional athletes. He is co-founder and director of the Football Science Institute. After heading the medical services of the Spanish...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer coaches have limited resources to change the course of the match (Rey et al., 2015). In this regard, efficient management of substitutions may contribute to sustaining or reverting the score-line of a match (Carling et al., 2015; Reyet al., 2015). There are...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Although millions of children play soccer worldwide, only a few achieve the top-level. Talent identification (TI) is essential to select and recognize youth players who will be successful in professional leagues. However, TI is a very complex and largely unexplored process. The majority...
His activity currently includes collaborations with international sports structures in France (French clubs and federations of athletics, rugby, volleyball, INSEP), and abroad (USA, England, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Japan), he also works on US sports, in relation to jump and sprint performance. His research has...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer is a high-intensity team-sport that demands high levels of physical and technical skills, which results in a relatively elevated injury rate. Overall, international soccer players exhibit an injury frequency equal to 9.4 injuries/1000 h of soccer practice (Waldén et al., 2005). Two...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Sport-related concussion is a subset of mild traumatic brain injury induced by a blow either directly to the head or to another part of the body with the force being transmitted to the head (McCrory et al., 2017). A concussion results in a...
Alberto is currently the owner and CEO of Excentric, a training and recovery centre. Since May 2020, he is also the physical trainer and readaptor of Sara Sorribes Tormo, a professional tennis player ranking 65 in the WTA. Alberto has extensive background in injury reconditioning...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer players are required to develop multiple physical qualities including strength, speed, and aerobic capacity. They frequently undertake technical and tactical training sessions (Hoff and Helgerud, 2004; Sparkes et al., 2018) and, thus, concurrent training effects are often observed (Hoff and Helgerud, 2004;...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Linear sprint, change of direction (COD), and vertical jump performances play key roles in soccer. These capabilities can be improved through the use of various training strategies (Salaj and Markovic, 2011). Among the different approaches, resisted sprint training (RST) has been shown to...
Through this agreement, Microgate, a leading global company that operates in four development fields: Professional Timing, Training, Medical Rehabilitation and Sports Engineering, present in more than 30 countries, and FSI, the global platform of professionals, teachers, and experts for the development of soccer, reinforce their...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Athletes are commonly required to train and compete under conditions of exceptionally high physical, technical, and psychological demands, resulting in high stress loads being placed on their bodies (Reilly and Ekblom, 2005). As a consequence, they need sufficient time to properly recover from...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Physiological and technical-tactical skills play crucial roles in soccer performance. In addition, acceleration, sprint velocity, and jump capacity are of major importance. Because of the extensive length of soccer matches, ~ 90% of the energy release is aerobic (Bangsbo, 1994). Aerobic capability relies...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer requires prolonged low-intensity activities interspersed with repeated short bouts of high-intensity actions, which causes fatigue (Mohr et al., 2005). The perceptual–cognitive demands of soccer competition are also extremely challenging. In addition, competing at a high level within congested playing schedules may potentially...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer is a very popular sport and since the first women’s soccer world championship (China, 1991), women’s soccer has grown tremendously worldwide. In addition to this growing interest and the increase in the number of professional female soccer players and competitions around the...
Real Betis and FSI sign an agreement to promote scientific research in sport. Real Betis Balompié and Football Science Institute have signed a collaboration agreement for scientific purposes. The green-white Club and FSI, the most influential community of science professionals in football, will be able...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The best attacking and most expensive players in professional soccer are those that can score a substantial number of goals. Identifying those traits that may predict goal scoring success should be of immense interest to players, coaches, talent scouts, and professional soccer clubs...
The FC BASEL 1893 and Football Science Institute sign a strategic agreement of sport scientific collaboration to generate and coordinate activities between both institutions. With this agreement, the prestigious FC BASEL 1893 Club and FSI, the global platform of professionals, teachers, and experts for the...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Soccer players perform several night-time matches under floodlights (e.g., 20:45 for UEFA Champions League; 22:00 for Spanish League) throughout a usual soccer season, which may have consequences for both sleep quality and recovery. After an evening match, players fall asleep later, time in...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Sprint efforts represent up to 11% of the total distance covered in an official soccer match, which corresponds to 0.5–3.0% of effective playing time (Bangsbo et al., 1991; Reilly and Thomas, 1976; O’Donoghue, 2001). In addition, soccer players execute ~50 turns per game,...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK During a soccer match, “starters” typically cover distances between 10 − 13 km (Anderson et al., 2016). Players who do not start matches (i.e., non-starters) need to compensate for this lack of workload (WL) with additional training sessions, which can be planned at...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Elite football is characterized by high physical demands and frequent changes in exercise intensity. In the context of the game, each player performs ~1000-1400 short activities, with changes every 4-6 s, and high-intensity running actions approximately every 70 s (Stolen et al.,2005). Thus,...
Modern sport shoes, and especially football shoes, very often have a stiff sole structure. The synthetic and sometimes carbon material used have clear advantages for performance: they are lightweight and have a good energy absorption-restitution ratio, which is useful for overall performance in sprinting, cutting,...
Flexvit Band is a manufacturer of elastic bands, which enables the use of elastic materials within the training routines under an innovative concept that combines the multiple benefits of band-assisted training (FLEX) on a daily basis in health and productivity (VIT), using a material which...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The effect of heading on brain structure has been a topic of debate in last months since England banned these actions on children during training sessions (USA banned in 2015). There are many investigations that have reported data on heading and brain injuries...
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A complete ACL rupture in a professional football player is a potentially career-threatening injury. In professional football practically all the ACL ruptures are surgically reconstructed (ACLr) and entail a time-loss highly variable ranging between 6 to 12 months of rehabilitation. Also, and as...
Football Science Institute and Swedish FA have reached an agreement with the objective to enhance and develop the quality of education for both parties within the realm of sports science application to football performance. “During the development of the upcoming football fitness education, we have...
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE Hydration status affects the body composition estimates from bioelectrical impedance (BIA). This lack of concern with hydration status and liquid/food ingestion in the accuracy of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) measurement is also present in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey documentation of DXA assessment...
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE Physical performance is assessed for several purposes in soccer. Assessments can be conducted using laboratory based tests or field-based assessments. However, high ecological validity is necessary (high construct validity), and this can be through evaluation of the potential associations between data derived...
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE Women’s professional, semi-professional and community football is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide, at all leves. When accounting for football exposure, women have a different injury risk profile than men. In fact, women have a higher risk of concussion, knee and ankle...
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE The quantification of accelerations have been used to overcome the limitations of speed-based monitoring. For instance, players’ accelerations have been categorized based on intensity thresholds (such as the number of accelerations >2 m·s−2) (Buchheit et al., 2014). The physiological demands in a repeated sprint...
NEW CURVE SPRINT TEST IN SOCCER Sprinting is an essential high-intensity action during playing football. Research into sprinting during match-play (i.e. Bradley et al. 2009) has tended to focus on total distances covered or a number of efforts above a predetermined threshold (i.e. above 24...
NEW CURVE SPRINT TEST IN SOCCER Sprinting is an essential high-intensity action during playing football. Research into sprinting during match-play (i.e. Bradley et al. 2009) has tended to focus on total distances covered or a number of efforts above a predetermined threshold (i.e. above 24...
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE Development and monitoring of players’ sprinting capacities have received considerable attention in research literature over the years. Effort has been made to unravel and reveal underlying mechanical determinants for sprint performance, as such variables provide insights into individual biomechanical limitations. Theoretical maximal velocity...
For players who start a match, progressive declines in indices of physical (e.g., HSR, number of accelerations and decelerations, etc.) and technical performance (e.g., shooting and passing skills, etc.) are experienced throughout 90 min of soccer-specific exercise, with further deteriorations observed during extra-time. Given the likely...
Header has long been, and still is, an essential football action. In fact, previous studies with players have been reported to perform on average 2.2–18.5 headers or aerial duels per game and many of the them are decisive for the game outcome. The pattern movement of headers varies...
Frequent repetitions of high intensity movements that involve significant musculoskeletal forces and joint loads can result in between-limb asymmetry in functional performance where preferred lower-limb dominance may be evident. However, research investigating the association between asymmetry and athletic performance has shown equivocal findings (“trivial-moderate” association...
Frequent repetitions of high intensity movements that involve significant musculoskeletal forces and joint loads can result in between-limb asymmetry in functional performance where preferred lower-limb dominance may be evident. However, research investigating the association between asymmetry and athletic performance has shown equivocal findings (“trivial-moderate” association...
BACKGROUND, CATEGORIZATION & EXPERT OPINION Football is the only sport where a player uses their head to intentionally strike the ball during the course of play. At all levels of play, concussions are more likely to occur in the act of heading than in other actions...
English Premier League seems to possess a more direct style of play, faster game tempo, higher number of heading and ground duels and more aggressiveness than other top European leagues. In fact, this competition has evolved tactically and physically by increasing the number of passes, passing...
The routine evaluation of fat-free mass throughout the season provides useful information for coaches. In fact, fat-free mass is considered the best longitudinal predictor for leg power during late adolescence in young soccer players. However, X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is costly and cannot be used frequently. Therefore,...
Most of the research related to fatigue analyzes the typical 90-min matches. However, many competitions outcomes are decided in extra-time (ET). In fact, at the previous four FIFA World Cups, 36% of knockout phase matches have proceeded to ET with 50% at the 2014 tournament requiring...
The preseason is one of the most interesting moments and discussed by the football professional community. One of the objectives of the preseason is to develop physical capacities and prepare the player for the competition. However, there are no studies which have compared the association in...
Modern sport shoes, and especially football shoes, very often have a stiff sole structure. The synthetic and sometimes carbon material used have clear advantages for performance: they are lightweight and have a good energy absorption-restitution ratio, which is useful for overall performance in sprinting, cutting,...
Improving performance and decreasing the risk of injury soccer players requires a careful balance and management between the application of training load and recovery. The response to competition has been measured in several methods (e.g., biomechanical, neuromuscular, psychological and physiological methods), including the physiological measurement...
On this occasion we interview Dr. Antonio Escribano. Dr Escribano has a spectacular experience. In a very short way, Dr. Escribano is a doctor of medicine specialized in Endocrinology and Nutrition as well as in Physical Education and Sports Medicine. He is also Professor of...
Our professors Luís Suárez-Arrones and Ignacio Torreño talking about some differences between European and Chinese Soccer. They tell us about how they have implemented strength training in the Chinese league. These professionals also explain the methodological differences for the design of tasks in that continent...
From the FSI we are proud to welcome Carlos Marchena to our blog. As a professional player, Carlos has had an exemplary sports career. It reached over 600 official matches, an amount hardly exceeded by most professional players. With the clubs in which he played...
Professor Jean B. Morin, a world expert in developing the ability to produce horizontal forces, proposes many exercises to improve strength in foot and ankle. Maintaining a great generation capacity, transmitting and amortizing force on the foot and ankle is of great importance in high...
In this post, from the Fooball Sciene Institute we present a comment by Professor Jack Nayler about an important recent article published by Mathew Buckthorpe and collaborators of the Isokinetic group about the recommendations to implement hamstring injury prevention programs in elite football teams ....
Introduction: Performance improvement with resistance training is a booming area in team sports. Weight training is essential for the development of specific game skills (i.e., change of direction, sprinting, jumping). In fact, there are many studies that analyze the design that strength training should have...
Sprint actions are crucial in soccer and there are three reasons that support this statement: (a) these actions are related to “game performance indicators” (Modric et al., 2019), (b) linear sprint is the most frequent action prior to the goal (Faude et al., 2012), and...
Introduction: Despite significant high-tech developments, there is a lack of unanimity for choosing the most appropriate variables for quantifying the short-term dose-response relationship and specifically informing on the “stress” experience by each individual player in elite soccer. This stress results in acute (less than 3...
Introduction: Measuring the peak velocity is crucial to individualize load management (external load) processes. However, the better condition (higher peak) to measure the peak velocity is not clear. Previous studies reported higher peak velocity data during soccer matches than in a 40-m sprint test. Purpose:...
Introduction: The relationship between running performance (RP) and game performance indicators (GPI) was always a topic of discussion. Although GPI (as standard soccer performance variables) and RP are often investigated separately, to the best of our knowledge, there is no study that simultaneously observed both...
Introduction: Groin injuries are one of the most frequent types of injuries among soccer players. Only a limited number of works have investigated kicking mechanics of adolescent soccer players while no study has compared soccer kicking or passing mechanics between adults and younger players. In...
