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Considerations for the International Football Player

With the exponential rise in soccer competitions worldwide in recent years, the playing schedules of those selected to their national teams is more taxing than …

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Scoreboard Soccer: Increasing Player Engagement

When facilitating games at practice do you find it challenging working with a wide range of ability levels? Do you have players who get the …

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Fixture Congestion in Football

As the demand for televised games grows within the game, driving the ever-growing financial demands, European giants Real Madrid came through and endured a ruthless …

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Tactical Analysis in the Training Process

With the Major League Soccer season about to begin, in line with the CONCACAF Champions League being contested, coaches involved in these will be scouring …

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Soccer Injury Rehabilitation Process & Phases

Across elite level soccer, the increased demands of training, competitive match play and the ever-growing congestive fixture periods in-season increases the player’s injury susceptibility. Recently, …

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Importance of Sport Psychology & Mental Skills Training

Ralf Rangnick wasted no time at all influencing the club with his philosophy. Making a sport or football psychology expert the first member of his …

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Developing Soccer Intelligence

With the World Cup 2026 heading to North America & contested within the CONCACAF regions of the USA, Mexico & Canada, the concept ‘football intelligence’ …

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Training in Practice – Requirement for Compensatory Training

Not only are the USA and Mexico cooperating to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup with the assistance of Canada, but USA’s Major League Soccer …

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Sports Nutrition for the Football Athlete

At the fine age of 37-years old arguably the greatest player of all time & legendary striker, Cristiano Ronaldo is playing in the Premier League …

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Long-Term Athletic Development in Youth Soccer

Prior to the USA Men’s soccer team winning the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, there seemed to be a clear positivity & strategy aimed toward the …

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The Physical Demands of Football Fitness

One of the main objectives of any training professional, coach or manager should be to know what the demands of their sports require in order …

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Training Load Management

The speed of the game is quicker and the time that the ball is in play is almost fifteen minutes greater than in the 1990’s. …

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Academy to 1st Team Transition

Thousands of players & even coaches who excel within the youth age groups but for some reason when exposed to the higher pressured environments, and …

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Sport Psychology & Mental Skills Training

Motivation is the foundation of all athletic effort and accomplishment… Ronald Koeman said he wished Lionel Messi the best through a social media posting… “Still hard …

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Football Coaching, Soccer Science & Performance

A constant term used by practitioners, and a key thought in a coach’s mind when designing and justifying training to the players is; “ is …

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Recovery Strategies in Soccer

Understanding the balance between work & recovery is vitally important in order to maximise soccer performance & player success. The International Soccer Science & Performance Federation …

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Appropriate Training Loads in Team Sports

Appropriate planning of training is fundamental to optimal sports performance and reduction of injury risk for players. The importance of keeping the injury burden within …

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The Soccer Player Diet

One of the vitally important & key principles of sound nutrition for footballers or soccer performance involves understanding what a healthy diet looks like. The basic eating …

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