Locomotor activity of professional football referees by Y.V. Manilo

“…It depends on their physical fitness Championship (competition), the league, the level of the teams playing, the nature of the intensity of the match. …”
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Validation of “creactability” scale in football: a Rasch modeling approach by Jhinyi Shin, Jongwon Kim, Miyoung Lee, Won Jae Lee

“…The coaches from 7 teams evaluated their players (34.4 players on average per team). …”
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Effect of an 8-week training program on the rebalancing of functional asymmetry in young footballers by Walid Bouzid, Omar Ben Rakaa, Aziz Chokri, Aziz Eloirdi, Abdelmoujoud Elhaboussi, Mohamed Barkaoui

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Injury reporting in elite ladies Gaelic football and camogie: Perspectives of athlete support personnel. by Marese Gilhooly, Roisin Cahalan, Kieran O'Sullivan, Catherine Norton

“…Additionally, a supportive team culture that prioritises player well-being alongside performance outcomes was identified as essential for encouraging open injury reporting.…”
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Key factors influencing talent development in youth football: a systematic literature review by Nooraini Hamzah, Zulakbal Abd Karim, Nurhidayah Yaakop, Amin Akbar, Jeffrey Low Fook Lee

“…Young athletes, teams, and sports generally stand to gain from these ideas to enhance talent development programs. …”
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Applying UEFA Financial Fair Play Rules and Improving the Financial Stability of Football Clubs Illustrated by the Example of Manchester City FC by I. V. Solntsev

“…The author outlined recommendations for UEFA rules compliance and presented a system of indicators that help to regularly monitor and manage the longterm financial stability of football clubs. The findings of the paper may find application in the field of other team sports.…”
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Hip internal rotation restriction and heel raise mechanics as risk factors for Jones fractures in youth football players by Tomoki Koyama, Yoshitomo Saita, Tomohiko Tateishi, Tomokazu Tanita, Hiroki Ukita, Toshiro Shima, Nobuyuki Itaya, Haruki Yaguchi, Nanako Yamamoto, Yu Mori, Toshimi Aizawa, Masashi Nagao

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for Jones fractures among high-level Japanese high school football players through medical examinations. Methods: Medical examinations were conducted during the 2024 tournament involving 20 top-level high school teams (567 players). …”
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Improving Event Data in Football Matches: A Case Study Model for Synchronizing Passing Events with Positional Data by Alberto Cortez, Bruno Gonçalves, João Brito, Hugo Folgado

“…In football, accurately pinpointing key events like passes is vital for analyzing player and team performance. …”
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Exploration of the path of digital technology empowering the sustainable development of alumni football—a study based on ordinal logistic regression analysis by Jiao Wang, Jiao Wang

“…Using a questionnaire survey of 100 university football alumni and ordinal logistic regression analysis, ten digital factors were examined for their influence on alumni football development.ResultsThe results show that factors such as digital business models and digital team culture significantly contribute to sustainable development, whereas elements like virtual coaching and match data management have relatively limited impact.DiscussionThis study not only addresses an urgent gap in digital grassroots sports integration but also provides replicable insights for policy makers, educators, and industry stakeholders aiming to promote large scale participation, cultural cohesion, and digital inclusion across broader segments of the sports domain.…”
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Comparison of isometric and isokinetic knee muscles strength between elite, sub elite and amateur Iranian young soccer players by parisa namazi, mostafa zarei, fariborz hovanloo, mohammad hadi ghasemi

“…Therefore, the present study intends to investigate the strength of the isokinetic and isometric knee muscles of the elite, sub-elite and amateur football players of Iran. Methods: The isokinetic strength of the knee muscles in 102 soccer players including 29 players of the national under-23 football team of Iran (elite), 29 players of 1st division of under-23 football team of Iran (sub-elite) and 44 players of 2nd division of under-23 football team of Tehran province (amateur) was measured for angular momentum of 60 and 180 degrees per second by the isokinetic Biodex. …”
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Junior-to-senior transition in elite female football: identifying predominant sources of stress among junior players from both player and coach perspectives by Stian Aa Selbekk, Marthe Sofie Lilleengen, Janita Stålesen, Daniel Ransom, Stig Arve Sæther

“…In addition, four male coaches from the junior and senior teams (mean age 32.5 years, SD = 3.84) were interviewed. …”
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Influence of selected cognitive performances on musculoskeletal injury occurrence in adult male professional Slovenian PrvaLiga football players in a prospective cohort study by Florian Giesche, Manca Peskar, Luka Šlosar, Boštjan Šimunič, Rado Pišot, Uros Marusic

“…This prospective cohort study investigates basic and executive cognitive functions in predicting injuries in 78 professional male football (soccer) players from four Slovenian first league teams. …”
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Achilles Tendon Pain in Male Professional Football Players - A Prospective Five-Season Study of 88 Injuries from the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study by Waldén M, Gajhede Knudsen M, Ekstrand J, Hägglund M, D’Hooghe P, Alfredson H, Bengtsson H

“…Time-loss injuries were recorded by the teams’ medical staffs. For all non-contact Achilles tendon injuries, a specific Achilles tendon form was sent to teams.Results: There were 88 time-loss injuries recorded with gradual-onset Achilles tendon pain amongst 72 players; 22 (25%) of them were severe lasting more than four weeks including one career-ending injury. …”
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Relationships between horizontal jump kinematics and sprint performance in female sprinters and team sport athletes by Bjørn Johansen, Roland van den Tillaar, Jonathon Neville

“…Bounding for speed also correlated strongly with sprint performance in the team sport group (r = 0.57–0.68), but less so in sprinters. …”
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Smart leadership and its relationship to decision-making for some handball coaches fromthe players' point of view by ريم عباس كريم أ.د انتصار عويد

“… • Adopting the IQ standard in selecting the trainer, and that coaches are changed according to specific time periods in order to inject new ideas and intelligences that work to develop and improve the team’s results …”
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A Recursive IndetermTree Soft Set (RIT-Soft Set) for Dynamic and Uncertain Performance Evaluation in College Competitive Sports, by Hai Yang, Cuijuan Lin

“…A case study on a collegiate football team illustrates the practical application of the model, demonstrating how it can effectively manage multi-level evaluations involving physical, tactical, and psychological dimensions. …”
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