Science and football VIII : : [proceedings] / / edited by Jens Bangsbo, Peter Krustrup, Peter Riis Hansen, Laila Ottesen, Gertrud Pfister, Anne-Marie Elb.

• Author: World Congress of Science and Football Copenhagen, Denmark); Krustrup, Peter
• TeilnehmendeR: Bangsbo, J.
• Place / Publishing House: Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, NY : : Routledge,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2017; 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 pages) :; illustrations, tables, graphs
• Notes: Papers originally presented at the 8th World Congress on Science and Football held May 20-23, 2015, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Science and Football VIII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as football'. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book is by far the most comprehensive collection of current research into football, presenting important new work in key areas such as: physiology of training performance analysis fitness assessment nutrition biomechanics injury and rehabilitation youth football environmental physiology psychology in football sociological perspectives in football Science and Football VIII is an essential resource for all sport scientists, trainers, coaches, physical therapists, physicians, psychologists, educational officers and professionals working across the football codes. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138947061_oachapter6.pdf

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Physiology and sports medicine -- pt. 2. Humanities and social sciences.