scholarly journals Perceiving, Reporting and Managing an Injury – Perspectives from National team football players, coaches and health professionals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Vella ◽  
Caroline Bolling ◽  
Evert Verhagen ◽  
Isabel Sarah Moore
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Football Players ◽  
National Team

A comparison of the balance skills, personality, and temperament traits between elite sports athletes and football players

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bożena Wojciechowska-Maszkowska ◽  
Dorota Borzucka ◽  
Aleksandra Rogowska
Keyword(s):  
Postural Balance ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
National Team ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Temperament Traits

Abstract Background: Although research on balance skills and personality were explored in the field of sports science, little is known about the relationship between the two phenomena. This study aims to investigate the association of postural balance with traits of personality and temperament. The differences between elite athletes, football players, and the control sample will also be examined. Methods: Participants in the case-control study were 73 people, aged between 16 and 30 years old (M = 21.29, SD = 2.47), including 59% of men. Three samples of participants consisted of Elite Athletes (AE, n = 17, 23.29%) of the Polish National Team; Football Players (FP, n = 32, 43.84%); and Control Sample (CS, n = 24, 32.88%). Postural control was assessed on a force platform (Type 9286AA, Kistler Instrument AG, Winterthur, Switzerland) with a sampling frequency of 100 Hz. The center of pressure (COP) parameters was measured during 20 seconds in both conditions eye open, and eye closed, in both directions anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML). The COP parameters include standard deviation (SD), mean range (RA), mean velocity (MV), and entropy (SE). The NEO-FFI questionnaire was used to assess Big-Five personality traits, whereas the FCB-TI was used to measure temperament traits. Results: One-way ANOVA revealed that the EA and CS groups were more stable in ML direction than the FP group. In the AP direction, the athletes from the EA group were more stable than the CS group. Nor personality, neither temperament did not differentiate the three groups of participants, beside agreeableness, which was significantly lower in both EA and FP groups. Openness to experiences is positively associated with COP parameters, as it was shown in regression analysis. All COP parameters can explain for about 40% of openness variability. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that EA and CS have better stability than footballers in both ML and AP direction. Openness seems to be related to postural balance skills.

Qatari Female Footballers

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-92
Author(s):  
Charlotte Lysa
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Football Players ◽  
National Team ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Women's Football

Female Qatari footballers are being encouraged by government policies to pursue sports careers in accordance with pressure from international organizations. At the same time, they are subject to a conservative in which it is largely unacceptable for women to play football. This tension has driven many female football players in Qatar to create a safe space for their activities through forming university teams. Using interviews with young women engaged in football activities, this chapter shows that these safe spaces do not carry the same negative connotations of masculinity as the official clubs and national team do – which subsequently enables women to challenge the perception that it is impossible for them to play football, while preserving their femininity and adhering to societal moral codes at the same time. By establishing women’s football as a university activity rather than something that conflicts with their academic priorities, they are able to play football without getting into conflicts with their families. These women seek the freedom to pursue their objectives and shape their own lives.

scholarly journals Overuse Injuries in Youth Football Players

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (11_suppl3) ◽  
pp. 2325967114S0022
Author(s):  
Müjdat Enginsu ◽  
Recep Lokmaoğlu ◽  
Coşkun Hayırlıoğlu ◽  
Şafak Selimoğlu ◽  
Hüseyin Efendioğlu
Keyword(s):  
High Intensity ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Avulsion Fractures ◽  
National Team ◽  
High Intensity Training ◽  
Youth Football ◽  
Team Selection ◽  
Intensity Training

Objectives: Youth football players encounter many injuries especially during the school period when they are trying to make scool and football together. Due to consistent team selection in competetion, school matches, academy leaque matches and age group national team matches, as a result of high intensity training at a young age they are extremely overloaded. Methods: 145 football players of 13-19 age group playing in the academy leaque of Bursaspor have been observed for 10 months (Augost 2013-May 2014) ,injuries caused by overuse and that require at least 2 days break from sports activities. Results: Were determined on 45 football players while lower extremities upper group (hamstring, quadriceps)muscles constitued the majority of the injuries; In the adductor region were also seen often. The most striking finding is epiphyses avulsion fractures on the 3 players. Conclusion: There are many risk factors causing injuries releated to overuse in youth athletes.Such as previous injuries,anatomic malalignment,extreme flexibility,loss of bone mineral density,overload to physes,high intensity training,when rest is not adequate, and not appropriate recovery.Limitation of sports specific repetatif movements(eg,pitching limits);scheduled rest periods and recovery time;such modifications to be individualized based upon the sport and the athlete's age,growt rate,readiness;optimal preparation of the preseason conditioning program;well neuromusculer training before workout;exact monitoring of the training and determination of the occasions on which injuries occur are important in preventing such injuries.

scholarly journals Caracterización y asociación del rendimiento físico en futbolistas Chilenos con parálisis cerebral (Characterization and association of the physical performance of Chilean football players with cerebral palsy)

Retos ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 126-134
Author(s):  
Matías Henríquez ◽  
Felipe Herrera ◽  
Fernando Muñoz ◽  
Cristian Luarte Rocha ◽  
Mónica Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Countermovement Jump ◽  
Squat Jump ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
National Team ◽  
Jump Ability ◽  
The Relationship

  Objetivo: el objetivo de este estudio fue: i) Caracterizar el perfil del rendimiento físico de los futbolistas con parálisis cerebral (PC) de la selección Chilena de fútbol 7 acorde a su clasificación deportiva (CD) y posición de juego; ii) Analizar la relación entre las variables de rendimiento físico con la CD. Método: Participaron 19 jugadores varones con PC pertenecientes a la selección Chilena de fútbol 7 agrupados según CD (FT1, FT2, FT3) y posición de juego. Se realizaron mediciones de agilidad (AG), capacidad de realizar sprint repetido (RSA), distancia recorrida en la prueba Yo-Yo (D), capacidad de salto con las pruebas Squat Jump (SJ) y Countermovement Jump (CMJ). Resultados: Se encontraron diferencias significativas de acuerdo a las CD donde los jugadores FT3 lograron un mayor rendimiento en las pruebas de AG y D comparado con FT2 y FT1, no así para RSA donde solo fue superior a FT1. Mediocampistas lograron un mayor rendimiento con un tamaño del efecto grande en todas las variables en comparación a las posiciones de defensa y delantero. Se observaron relaciones fuertes y muy fuertes entre todas las variables de rendimiento físico, así también para las relaciones con la CD a excepción de SJ y CMJ. Conclusión: Se deben considerar las características específicas de cada CD de los jugadores con PC en conjunto con la posición de juego y la táctica del equipo en sí misma, conjugando una serie de factores que busquen lograr los más altos niveles de rendimiento físico y deportivo. Abstract. Objective: The aims of this study were: i) Characterize the physical performance profile of cerebral palsy (CP) football players of the Chilean national team of football 7 a-Side according to the sport classification (SC) and playing position; ii) Analyze the relationship between physical performance variables and the SC. Method: 19 male football players with CP belonging to the Chilean national team of football 7 a-Side participated and were grouped according to SC (FT2; FT2; FT3) and playing position. Measurements of Agility (AG), repeated sprint ability (RSA), the covered distance in the Yo-Yo test (D), jump ability in Squat Jump (SJ), and Countermovement Jump (CMJ) test were made. Results: Significant differences were found according to SC, where FT3 players achieved higher performance in AG and D tests compared to FT2 and FT1, not for RSA, which was only higher than FT1. Midfielder achieved a higher performance with a large effect size in all variables compared with defender and forward positions. Strong and very strong relationships were observed between all the physical performance variables, as well as for relationships with SC except for SJ and CMJ. Conclusion: The specific characteristics of each SC of CP players must be considered in conjunction with the playing position and the team's tactics, combining a series of factors that seek to achieve the highest levels of physical and sports performance.

scholarly journals Performance Motivation of Elite Athletes, Recreational Athletes and Non-Athletes

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Šmela ◽  
Petra Pačesová ◽  
Stanislav Kraček ◽  
Dan Hájovský
Keyword(s):  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sport Activity ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Grammar School ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Large Effect Size ◽  
National Team ◽  
Recreational Athletes ◽  
Performance Scale

Abstract The aim of the paper is to widen knowledge about motivation of elite, recreational athletes and non-athletes. Participants from the elite athletes group (n = 35, 16.7 ± .70 years old) were football players of the Slovak national team. Recreational athletes (n = 31, 16.8 ± .80 years old) and non-athletes (n = 29, 15.7 ± .60 years old) are visiting Grammar School in Zvolen. D-M-V standardized questionnaire was used to determine performance motivation. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov's test disconfirmed the null hypothesis on the normality of data. We used the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests to determine the statistical significance of the differences. The results showed that there were significant (p .0.01) differences with large effect size (η2 ≥ .14) in all the three (the performance motives scale, the anxiety inhibiting performance scale and the anxiety supporting performance scale) dimensions among the research groups. The motivation of elite athletes is significantly higher (p = .048; r = .25) compared to the recreational athletes. Also, compared to the non-athletes, the level of performance motivation is significantly higher (p = .002; r = .51) in the elite athletes. Based on the results of the study we can formulate the statement that the level of performance motivation is contingent on the level of sport activity.

scholarly journals Injury rates of the German Women’s American Football National Team from 2009 to 2011

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Marco Ezechieli ◽  
Stephan Berger ◽  
Christian-Heige Siebert ◽  
Oliver Miltner
Keyword(s):  
Injury Rate ◽  
The Body ◽  
American Football ◽  
Fracture Dislocation ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
World Championship ◽  
National Team ◽  
Injury Data ◽  
Or Practice

American football is one of the leading causes of athletic-related injuries. Injury rates in female elite players are mostly unknown. We hypothesized that the injury rates of female was comparable to those in men’s football during practice, as well as games. From 2009 to 2011, injury data were collected from the German female national team during training camps, World Championship 2010 and International friendly matches. The injury was categorized by location on the body and recorded as fracture/dislocation, strain, concussion, contusion or other injury. Injury rates were determined based on the exposure of an athlete to a game or practice event. The injury rate was calculated as the ratio of injuries per 1000 athlete exposures (AE). The rate of injury was significantly higher during games (58.8/1000 AE) than practices [16.3/1000 AE, (P<0.01)]. Furthermore, the injury rate in the tryouts was significantly higher (24.05/1000 AE) compared to other training sessions with the national team (11.24/1000 AE). Our findings show that the injury rates in female elite American football players can be compared to those described for male players. Higher injury rates during matches than in training should also be underlined.

scholarly journals Acquiring embodied and institutionalized cultural capital

Kinesiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-235
Author(s):  
Jožef Križaj ◽  
Mojca Doupona
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
National Team ◽  
Socialization Processes ◽  
Study Support

The main objective of this study was to determine whether sociocultural factors influence the career development of Slovenian national team football players. In this interview-based research, we consider Bourdieu’s theory of embodied and institutionalized cultural capital to find possible influencing sociocultural factors on the career development. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Slovenian elite football players. The content of the interviews was organized based on the chronological events in each player’s life using seven open-ended questions. We analysed careers from the very beginning (initiation), across the development and mastery period to the career peak of the Slovenian football players in terms of the migration abroad. The results of this study support previous studies on the career development of football players. The work shows the important role of primary and secondary socialization processes, which exert a significant influence on career development among Slovenian football players.

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