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16 Oct Kinexon, the Football Science Institute (FSI)’s new technology partner

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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...

14 Oct FSI CONFERENCE 2021: Rob Duffield

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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 accumulation...

08 Oct FSI CONFERENCE 2021: Chris Barnes

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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 between...

06 Oct FSI Football Science Update

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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 this meta-analysis was to...

06 Oct FSI visits Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia to sign a collaborative and scientific consultancy agreement

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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...

01 Oct FSI CONFERENCE 2021: Franco Impellizzeri

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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...

28 Sep FSI Football Clubs’ Interships: The experience in Betis Balompie

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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? ...

27 Sep FSI CONFERENCE 2021. Aaron Coutts: Mental fatigue and football performance

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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 randomized...

26 Sep FSI Football Science Update

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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: 10.1007/s00167-021-06737-y This study analyzes...

14 Sep FSI Football Science Update

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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 from the 2019/20 German...