What performance analysts need to know about research trends in association football (2012–2016): A systematic review

H Sarmento, FM Clemente, D Araújo, K Davids… - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Evolving patterns of match analysis research need to be systematically
reviewed regularly since this area of work is burgeoning rapidly and studies can offer new …

Half-time strategies to enhance second-half performance in team-sports players: a review and recommendations

M Russell, DJ West, LD Harper, CJ Cook, LP Kilduff - Sports Medicine, 2015 - Springer
A number of intermittent team sports require that two consecutive periods of play (lasting for~
30–45 min) are separated by a 10–20 min half-time break. The half-time practices employed …

Technical performance and match-to-match variation in elite football teams

H Liu, MA Gómez, B Gonçalves… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Recent research suggests that match-to-match variation adds important information to
performance descriptors in team sports, as it helps measure how players fine-tune their …

Changes in acceleration and deceleration capacity throughout professional soccer match-play

M Russell, W Sparkes, J Northeast… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Russell, M, Sparkes, W, Northeast, J, Cook, CJ, Love, TD, Bracken, RM, and Kilduff,
LP. Changes in acceleration and deceleration capacity throughout professional soccer …

Acute effects of differential learning on football kicking performance and in countermovement jump

A Gaspar, S Santos, D Coutinho, B Gonçalves… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study was to identify the acute effects of a differential-learning training
program on football kicking performance and countermovement jump. Twenty youth …

Key team physical and technical performance indicators indicative of team quality in the soccer Chinese super league

G Yang, AS Leicht, C Lago… - Research in Sports …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to identify the key physical and technical performance variables
related to team quality in the Chinese Super League (CSL). Teams' performance variables …

The dominant leg is more likely to get injured in soccer players: systematic review and meta-analysis.

MD DeLang, PA Salamh, A Farooq, M Tabben… - Biology of sport, 2021 - termedia.pl
In soccer (football), dominant limb kicking produces higher ball velocity and is used with
greater frequency than the non-dominant limb. It is unclear whether limb dominance has an …

Don't turn blind! The relationship between exploration before ball possession and on-ball performance in association football

TB McGuckian, MH Cole, G Jordet, D Chalkley… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Visual exploratory action–scanning movements expressed through left and right rotation of
the head–allows perception of a surrounding environment and supports prospective actions …

Profiling the responses of soccer substitutes: A review of current literature

SP Hills, MJ Barwood, JN Radcliffe, CB Cooke… - Sports Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Depending upon competition regulations, the laws of soccer allow between three and an
unlimited number of substitutions that can be made on either a permanent or rolling basis …

The efficacy of acute nutritional interventions on soccer skill performance

M Russell, M Kingsley - Sports medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background The use of nutritional ergogenic aids in team sports such as soccer is now
commonplace. Aligned with the primary aim of soccer, which is to score more goals than the …