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. To prevent them,...
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 Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021...
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 Science...
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 some...
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 cases, and journal articles...
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. ...