Science in Soccer: Translating Theory into Practice

by Warren Gregson, Martin Littlewood

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408173800
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/29/2019
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.31(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Warren Gregson is Professor of Exercise Physiology in the Football Exchange and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University and currently Head of Sports Science at Aspire Academy and the Qatar Football Association. Over the last two decades he has conducted extensive research in the areas of match analysis, training and recovery whilst serving as a performance consultant to elite clubs, national federations and key industry stakeholders.

Dr Martin Littlewood is a Reader in Performance Psychology and Head of the Football Exchange at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. He has been a BASES Accredited Applied Practitioner for 15 years and has acted as a consultant in a number of Premier League clubs during this period supporting Academy and 1st teams. His research interests focus on a range of topics within the area of performance psychology and the applied translation into practice.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

A ground-breaking text...will inspire you to learn, develop and deliver” —Sir Alex Ferguson

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