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Time-loss injuries and illnesses at the FIFA world cup Qatar 2022
Andreas Serner, Karim Chamari, Bahar Hassanmirzaei, Francisco Moreira, Roald Bahr, Andrew Massey, Katharina Grimm, Ben Clarsen & Montassar Tabben
Published online: 11 Jun 2024
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Heading in football: a systematic review of descriptors, definitions, and reporting methods used in heading incidence studies
Kerry Peek, Andrew Ross, Thor Einar Andersen, Tim Meyer, Sara Dahlen, Julia Georgieva, Paula R Williamson, Mike Clarke & Andreas Serner
Published online: 10 Jun 2024
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Immediate effects of Ramadan on objective time asleep in male youth football players from the Middle East: an interrupted time-series study
Lorenzo Lolli, Warren Gregson, Adam Pulford, Tane Kanope, Emmanuel Lopez & Valter Di Salvo
Published online: 16 May 2024
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Analysing the impact of the 50:22 kick law changes in South African rugby tournaments between 2021 and 2022
Wikus Strydom, Luis Vaz, Ross Tucker & Wilbur Kraak
Published online: 15 May 2024
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Data analytics in the football industry: a survey investigating operational frameworks and practices in professional clubs and national federations from around the world
Lorenzo Lolli, Pascal Bauer, Callum Irving, Daniele Bonanno, Oliver Höner, Warren Gregson & Valter Di Salvo
Published online: 14 May 2024
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Need a break? The locomotor and tackle pacing profile and loads of women’s rugby league match-play following various between-match turnaround durations
Cloe Cummins, Glen Charlton, Simon Buxton, Kath Shorter, David Paul & Aron Murphy
Published online: 13 May 2024
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Sport-related concussion knowledge and attitudes of staff working in English elite women’s football: a survey-based study
Andrew Shafik, Kabir Singh Lota, Daniela Mifsud, Pippa Bennett, Craig Rosenbloom, Katrine Okholm Kryger, Sean Carmody & Jonathan Power
Published online: 25 Apr 2024
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Early identification of the opposition shot taker characterises elite goalkeepers’ ability to read the game
Colm P. Murphy, Keval Patel, Ed Hope & Jamie S. North
Published online: 26 Mar 2024
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Understanding the role of gaze behaviour and coaching experience in the assessment of youth soccer teams
Jade O’Brien-Smith, Mitchell R. Smith, Pieter Vansteenkiste, Job Fransen, Linus Zeuwts, Kyle J. M. Bennett & Matthieu Lenoir
Published online: 21 Mar 2024
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Acute pre- and post-competitive soccer match-play changes in neuromuscular factors, physical performance, and muscle response in youth male players
Imanol Martin-Garetxana, Jonathan Hughes, Mark De Ste Croix, Jon Larruskain, Jose A. Lekue & Francisco Ayala
Published online: 18 Mar 2024
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Monitoring of sprint and change of direction velocity, vertical jump height, and repeated sprint ability in sub-elite female football players throughout their menstrual cycle
P. H. Igonin, F. Cognasse, P. Gonzalo, P. Philippot, I. Rogowski, T. Sabot, N. Boisseau & C. Martin
Published online: 16 Mar 2024
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On-field rehabilitation in football: current practice and perceptions. A survey of the English Premier League and Football League
Mark Armitage, Stuart A. McErlain-Naylor, Gavin Devereux, Marco Beato, John Iga, Allistair McRobert, Simon Roberts & Matt Buckthorpe
Published online: 08 Mar 2024
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No evidence that visual exploratory activity distinguishes the super elite from elite football players
Simone Caso, Thomas B. McGuckian & John van der Kamp
Published online: 07 Mar 2024
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What contextual factors influence pain management decision making concerning player availability in professional men’s football? A qualitative analysis of practitioner perceptions
Daniel Read & Craig Rosenbloom
Published online: 11 Feb 2024
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Research on women’s futsal: a scoping review
Júlia Barreira, João Eduardo Pereira da Silva Junior & Cristiane Pereira de Souza
Published online: 05 Feb 2024
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The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™
Julia Georgieva, Eloise J Arnold, Kerry Peek, Anne Smith, Andrew P Lavender, Andreas Serner, Melinda Fitzgerald, Fadi Ma’ayah & Amity Campbell
Published online: 31 Jan 2024
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#ReadyToplay: hamstring injuries in women’s football – a two-season prospective cohort study in the Norwegian women’s premier league
R. Amundsen, S. Thorarinsdottir, A. Larmo, R. Pedersen, T.E. Andersen, M. Møller & R. Bahr
Published online: 19 Jan 2024
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Does a self-reported sleep duration reflect actigraphy reported sleep duration in female football players?
Julie Gooderick, Toby Wood, Will Abbott, Mark Hayes & Neil Maxwell
Published online: 04 Jan 2024
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End on a positive note: an exploration of flourishing, identity, and career confidence in professional Australian footballers transitioning out of football
Billymo Rist, Claire Quartuccio, Ben Smith & Alan J Pearce
Published online: 03 Jan 2024
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Enhancing match official performance: a forward-thinking approach for football evolution
Carlo Castagna, Peter Krustrup, Magni Mohr & Susana Póvoas
Published online: 21 Dec 2023
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A formative investigation assessing menstrual health literacy in professional women’s football
R. Anderson, I. Rollo, R.K. Randell, D. Martin, C. Twist, N. Grazette & S. Moss
Published online: 11 Dec 2023
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An investigation into the effect of audiences on the soccer penalty kick
Ran Zheng, John van der Kamp, Kjeld Kemperman, Iris de Jong & Simone Caso
Published online: 23 Nov 2023
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Discriminative validity of summarized hip and knee angular accelerations for lower extremity training load quantification in male soccer players during a standardised training drill
Bram J. C. Bastiaansen, Riemer J. K. Vegter, Erik Wilmes, Edwin Goedhart, Koen A. P.M. Lemmink & Michel S. Brink
Published online: 07 Dec 2023
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Psychology research in women’s soccer: a scoping review
N. Viktor Gredin, Katrine Okholm Kryger, Alan McCall, Bård E. Solstad, Monica K. Torstveit, Andrew Massey & Andreas Ivarsson
Published online: 27 Nov 2023
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‘After they see what you have, they contact you’: a qualitative study of national team football players’, coaches’ and clinicians’ experiences in engaging with a context-specific injury surveillance system
Sandro Vella, Caroline Bolling, Evert Verhagen & Isabel Sarah Moore
Published online: 06 Dec 2023
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Distinguishing skill from technique in football
Kyle J.M. Bennett & Job Fransen
Published online: 24 Nov 2023
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Experienced academy soccer coaches’ perspectives on players’ skilfulness
William McCalman, Scott G Goddard, Job Fransen, Zachary J Crowley-McHattan & Kyle J M Bennett
Published online: 07 Nov 2023
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The road to excellence in women’s football: a retrospective cohort study over the last 30 years with Swiss national players
Bryan Charbonnet, Michael J. Schmid, Merlin Örencik, Elena van Niekerk & Achim Conzelmann
Published online: 03 Nov 2023
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Survey of the current practices of German football academies towards biological maturation assessment
Lukas Arenas, Monika Frenger, Sabrina Skorski & Tim Meyer
Published online: 15 Oct 2023
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Surveying the youth-to-senior transition landscape in Major League Soccer: a new frontier
Patrick Mannix, Simon J Roberts, Kevin Enright & Martin Littlewood
Published online: 20 Oct 2023
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Assessing the association between on-field heading technique and head impact kinematics in a cohort of female youth soccer players
Tanner M. Filben, Brian T. Tomblin, N. Stewart Pritchard, Garrett S. Bullock, Jordan M. Hemmen, Kristina E. Neri, Victoria Krug, Christopher M. Miles, Joel D. Stitzel & Jillian E. Urban
Published online: 27 Sep 2023
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Growth-related sports injuries among young male professional football players in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study concerning injury incidence, severity and burden
Else E. A. E. Juch, Vincent C. van de Koppel, Donna Blokland, Renko A. Wouters, Frank J. G. Backx, Edwin A. Goedhart & Nick van der Horst
Published online: 23 Sep 2023
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Community perspectives on spinal cord injury in rugby union: facts and fears
Nicole Merrick, Marelise Badenhorst, Ashlee Morgan & Lauren Fortington
Published online: 01 Sep 2023
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Competitive level differences in the activity profile of elite Gaelic football referees
Aidan J. Brady, Niall M. Moyna, Michael Scriney & Andrew McCarren
Published online: 31 Aug 2023
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Walking football for Health – physiological response to playing and characteristics of the players
Helena Andersson, Andreas Caspers, Manne Godhe, Torbjörn Helge, Julia Eriksen, Dan Fransson, Mats Börjesson & Elin Ekblom-Bak
Published online: 26 Aug 2023
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Skinfold thickness in elite male professional football players: changes across 3 seasons including a COVID-19 lockdown period
Craig Flannigan, Mark Robinson, Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez, Barry Drust, Ruairidh McGregor & Stuart Galloway
Published online: 22 Aug 2023
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Prediction of defensive success in elite soccer using machine learning - Tactical analysis of defensive play using tracking data and explainable AI
Leander Forcher, Tobias Beckmann, Oliver Wohak, Christian Romeike, Ferdinand Graf & Stefan Altmann
Published online: 04 Aug 2023
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Leadership in Finnish elite football: associations between players’ self-assessed leadership roles and player-assessed head coach leadership behavior by player gender and age
Sakari Holopainen, Mihály Szeróvay, Niilo Konttinen & Marja Kokkonen
Published online: 25 Jul 2023
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Concurrent validity and between-unit reliability of a foot-mounted inertial measurement unit to measure velocity during team sport activity
Naomi Myhill, Dan Weaving, Mark Robinson, Steve Barrett & Stacey Emmonds
Published online: 18 Jul 2023
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Knee osteoarthritis in the former elite football players and the ordinary population: a comparative cross-sectional study
Aljaž Merčun, Matej Drobnič, Nik Žlak & Zmago Krajnc
Published online: 03 Jul 2023
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Monitoring the physical demands of training in Rugby League: the practices and perceptions of practitioners
Sean Hudson, Michael Fish, Matthew Haines & Liam Harper
Published online: 27 Jun 2023
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Heading in Football: insights from stakeholders in amateur football
Elia Parsanejad, Marnee J. McKay, Andrew G. Ross, Evangelos Pappas & Kerry Peek
Published online: 26 Jun 2023
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Incidence of concussion and associated risk factors in collegiate soccer: findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium
Anthony P. Kontos, Shawn R. Eagle, Sara P.D. Chrisman, Margot Putukian, Lisa Manderino, Cyndi Holland, Michael W. Collins, Steven P. Broglio, Thomas W. McAllister, Michael A. McCrea, Paul Pasquina, Thomas W. Kaminski & the CARE Consortium Investigators
Published online: 23 Jun 2023
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Acute locomotor, heart rate and neuromuscular responses to added wearable resistance during soccer-specific training
Matthew Brown, Mathieu Lacome, Cedric Leduc, Karim Hader, Gael Guilhem & Martin Buchheit
Published online: 22 Jun 2023
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Single leg drop jump is affected by physical capacities in male soccer players following ACL reconstruction
Luca Maestroni, Anthony Turner, Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Jason Pedley, Vasileios Sideris & Paul Read
Published online: 20 Jun 2023
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Exploring the impact of athletic identity on gender role conflict and athlete injury fear avoidance in male English professional academy football players
I. Cranswick, D. Tod, P Clarke & A Jones
Published online: 18 Jun 2023
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Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer
David Martínez-Hernández, Mark Quinn & Paul Jones
Published online: 19 May 2023
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Exploring the role of socioeconomic status and psychological characteristics on talent development in an English soccer academy
Adam L. Kelly, Craig A. Williams, Daniel T. Jackson, Jennifer Turnnidge, Matthew J. Reeves, James H. Dugdale & Mark R. Wilson
Published online: 15 May 2023
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Maximum speed exposures in Australian rules football: do methods matter?
Pat Dillon, Ric Lovell, David Joyce & Dean Norris
Published online: 12 May 2023
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Contextual factors and match-physical performance of international-level footballers with cerebral palsy
Matías Henríquez, Raul Reina, Daniel Castillo, Aitor Iturricastillo & Javier Yanci
Published online: 27 Apr 2023
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