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 bed...
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 development...
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 (Ali,...
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 to...
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 world,...
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 increase...
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 on...
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 successive...