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 different...
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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 short-lived...
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 and...
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; Sparkes...
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 be...
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 successive...
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 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...