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: Test the peak...
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 fact,...
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 h...
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: 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 to...
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 because...
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 . Jack...
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...
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 he...