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  • Coaching Principles
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Injury Prevention & Return to Play

Keeping football players fit is crucial regardless of the level you compete at. This is a practitioner’s overview to injury prevention and returning to play tips.

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Recovery Strategies in Football

Contrast water therapy involves immersing your body in 1 of 2 temperature controlled water baths, alternating 1 – 2 minutes in cold water and 1 -2 minutes in hot water used as recovery strategies in football

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Parkour competition of 2016. This event made place in Tel-Aviv on March.04.2016, Contained 20 participants of 2 association.

Strength and Conditioning for Football Performance

During football games it’s very frequent for players to lose their balance which is why using parkour techniques can improve stability.

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Managing Training Load in Elite Football

Soccer is a highly competitive sport resulting in the occurrence of several injuries. Discover how to reduce injuries through managing training loads.

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Recovery Strategies in Football

Inadequate recovery for footballers can result in overtraining, burnout & poor performance. Discover the best tips for keeping players fit.

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World Cup 2022 Goalkeeper Case Study with ISSPF.com

FIFA World Cup Goalkeeper Case Study

Discover the impact of Goalkeeper Coaching science on the shot-stoppers at the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup and how it improves your defence.

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Nutrition for the Football Athlete

Here are the best nutrition tips for footballers. Nutrition plays a key role in supporting the performance of the football athlete.

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Biochemical Markers in Soccer Player Monitoring

Discover the impact of Biochemical Markers in Soccer Player Monitoring and the importance of tracking athletes to improve performance.

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Developing the role of the Goalkeeper

The role of the goalkeeper from specific & unique training demands, in accordance with
special coaching requirements requires more attention as the game continues to evolve. As
with most out-field, technical, performance and other support coaches, devoting more time
to the development of the player becomes a fundamental but difficult task due to time
limitations.

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Youth Development & Grassroot Football

We all fell in love with this beautiful game at some point in our lives. Most of us at a young age when playing around was fun and chasing and possessing the ball was the greatest thing in the world. When it comes to preserving the love for the game for the very youngest and to avoid losing kids from stopping to play football, some points are crucial.

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Increasing Injury Risk in Football – FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 Build Up

Through the ages, the FIFA World Cup has become a stage to showcase the greatest talents from each competing nation…however, this particular tournament seems to be counting the injury cost of some of the biggest names in their respective squads who are playing domestically & continentally right up to the curtain raising spectacular!

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Creating a training environment to support Goalkeeper Skill Acquisition: Goalkeeping Coaching Science

One of the key focus areas for the development of goalkeepers in recent times has opened up the discussion around the key question…. what really works from a motor learning response for goalkeepers?

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Recovery Training in Football – To do or not to do?

Congested fixture schedules and high training loads are always challenging and at the elite level of the game seen as normal practice.

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Performance Tracking in Professional Football

Article written by Jose Maria Oliva-Lozano Electronic Performance & Tracking Systems Sporting competition in this modern era, at the very elite level is rapidly moving …

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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Regular training and competition over the course of a season in European professional soccer is generally characterized by a pre-competition preparation period of five to six weeks, followed by two competition phases, interspersed with a winter break.

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Caffeine Intake & The Effect on Football Performance

Players and performance coaches continue to search for performance enhancement products in order to elevate individual and collective performance.

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Demands of the Modern Goalkeeper

A game-changer in the way the role has been viewed in recent times was due to the tactical concept promoted by Pep Guardiola within the dominating FC Barcelona team.

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The Business of Football

As the World Cup 2022 was awarded to the middle east for the first time since the inception of the greatest football show on earth began, few people have been unable to fully appreciate the finances involved within the whole concept.

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