Zusatztext A ground-breaking text...will inspire you to learn! develop and deliver Informationen zum Autor Warren Gregson, Martin Littlewood Klappentext With billion-dollar television deals and multi-million player transfers, a football team's performance has repercussions far beyond the pitch and league table. As a result, sports science plays an increasingly important role in the game, helping to develop elite performers. Science in Soccer offers a series of contemporary insights into the multidisciplinary approach to delivering sports science support in elite level professional football. Through exclusive contributions from leading academics and practitioners working with some of the world's leading football clubs, including Liverpool FC, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona, Science in Soccer covers broad topics such physiology, psychology, performance analysis, and sociology. Experts in the field also focus on specific areas such as physical preparation of elite players, injury prevention, fitness assessment, nutrition, player development, and performance analysis. Each chapter includes a number of practical examples from the English Premier League, La Liga, and German Bundesliga. Case studies demonstrate how the latest scientific research is translated into supporting elite players. Science in Soccer helps coaches, practitioners, students, and academics translate theory into practice and is one of the most comprehensive books on football sports science to date. Vorwort Written by two leading football academics and practitioners, this authoritative, accessible text explores the important role sports science plays in professional football. Zusammenfassung 'A ground-breaking text...will inspire you to learn, develop and deliver' - Sir Alex Ferguson Science in Soccer offers a series of contemporary insights into the multidisciplinary approach to delivering sports science support in elite level professional football. With billion-pound television deals and multi-million player transfers, a football team's performance has repercussions far beyond the pitch and league table. As a result, sports science plays an increasingly important role in the game, helping to develop elite performers. Through exclusive contributions from leading academics and practitioners working with some of the world's leading football clubs. Science in Soccer covers broad topics such physiology, psychology, performance analysis and sociology. Experts in the field also focus on specific areas such as physical preparation of elite players, injury prevention, fitness assessment, nutrition, player development and performance analysis. Written by two leading football academics and practitioners, this authoritative, accessible text explores the important role sports science plays in professional football. Science in Soccer helps coaches, practitioners, students and academics translate theory into practice and is one of the most comprehensive books on football sports science to date. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson Foreword by Stuart Baxter Introduction PART 1 Chapter 1: Shaping the Performance Culture Chapter 2: Delivering Applied Sports Psychology Support in Professional Football Academies Chapter 3: Sports Psychology Support at First-Team Levels in the English Premier League PART 2 Chapter 4: Physical Preparation of Elite Soccer Players Chapter 5: Prevention with Treatment and Rehabilitation Chapter 6: Fitness Assessment in Football Chapter 7: Monitoring Player Load and Fatigue Status Chapter 8: Nutrition for Soccer PART 3 Chapter 9: The Development of Players Chapter 10: Performance Analysis in Professional Football PART 4 Chapter 11: Practitioner R...

A ground-breaking text...will inspire you to learn, develop and deliver

Vorwort
Written by two leading football academics and practitioners, this authoritative, accessible text explores the important role sports science plays in professional football.

Autorentext

Warren Gregson, Martin Littlewood

Klappentext

With billion-dollar television deals and multi-million player transfers, a football team's performance has repercussions far beyond the pitch and league table. As a result, sports science plays an increasingly important role in the game, helping to develop elite performers.

Science in Soccer offers a series of contemporary insights into the multidisciplinary approach to delivering sports science support in elite level professional football.

Through exclusive contributions from leading academics and practitioners working with some of the world's leading football clubs, including Liverpool FC, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona, Science in Soccer covers broad topics such physiology, psychology, performance analysis, and sociology. Experts in the field also focus on specific areas such as physical preparation of elite players, injury prevention, fitness assessment, nutrition, player development, and performance analysis.

Each chapter includes a number of practical examples from the English Premier League, La Liga, and German Bundesliga. Case studies demonstrate how the latest scientific research is translated into supporting elite players.

Science in Soccer helps coaches, practitioners, students, and academics translate theory into practice and is one of the most comprehensive books on football sports science to date.

Zusammenfassung
'A ground-breaking text...will inspire you to learn, develop and deliver' - Sir Alex Ferguson Science in Soccer offers a series of contemporary insights into the multidisciplinary approach to delivering sports science support in elite level professional football. With billion-pound television deals and multi-million player transfers, a football team's performance has repercussions far beyond the pitch and league table. As a result, sports science plays an increasingly important role in the game, helping to develop elite performers. Through exclusive contributions from leading academics and practitioners working with some of the world's leading football clubs. Science in Soccer covers broad topics such physiology, psychology, performance analysis and sociology. Experts in the field also focus on specific areas such as physical preparation of elite players, injury prevention, fitness assessment, nutrition, player development and performance analysis. Written by two leading football academics and practitioners, this authoritative, accessible text explores the important role sports science plays in professional football. Science in Soccer helps coaches, practitioners, students and academics translate theory into practice and is one of the most comprehensive books on football sports science to date.

Inhalt

Foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson
Foreword by Stuart Baxter

Introduction

PART 1
Chapter 1: Shaping the Performance Culture
Chapter 2: Delivering Applied Sports Psychology Support in Professional Football Academies
Chapter 3: Sports Psychology Support at First-Team Levels in the English Premier League

PART 2
Chapter 4: Physical Preparation of Elite Soccer Players
Chapter 5: Prevention with Treatment and Rehabilitation
Chapter 6: Fitness Assessment in Football
Chapter 7: Monitoring Player Load and Fatigue Status
Chapter 8: Nutrition for Soccer

PART 3
Chapter 9: The Development of Players
Chapter 10: Performance Analysis in Professional Football

PART 4
Chapter 11: Practitioner Reflections from Industry

Postscript
Index