Although max speed begins to drop if not trained you need to remember you’re a FOOTBALLER and footballers won’t always have the most REALISTIC training… Read More »SPEED MISTAKES

Abstract Objectives To: (1) describe hamstring injury incidence and burden in male professional football players over 21 seasons (2001/02 to 2021/22); (2) analyse the time-trends of… Read More »Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22

Abstract Purpose: This study aimed to compare and rank gluteal muscle forces in eight hip-focused exercises performed with and without external resistance and describe the underlying… Read More »Gluteal Muscle Forces during Hip-Focused Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Exercises

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate potential moderators (i.e. lower body strength, repeated-sprint ability [RSA] and maximal velocity) of injury risk… Read More »Can the workload–injury relationship be moderated by improved strength, speed and repeated-sprint qualities?

Small sided Games increase the muscle Injuries ? Correct or False ? Read this Special Article and after you decide. Hamstrings injuries are a plague… Read More »small sided games Vs Muscle Injuries

Buchheit M, Settembre M, Hader K, McHugh D. Exposures to near-to-maximal speed running bouts and match hamstring injuries during different turnarounds in elite football. Biol Sport.… Read More »Maximal speed Training key for less match hamstring injuries

If there is one argument that has dominated social media over the last 5-10 years, its the one that compares Nordics and other strength exercises… Read More »Sprinting versus strength training on risk factors for hamstring injury

Liverpool have been plauged with injuries all season long (2022-23) Liverpool have by far the worst injury record in the Premier League, a new graph… Read More »Shocking stat reveals Liverpool’s woeful injury record

A recent 8-week study compared the effects of three types of running interval training formats on V̇O2max in aerobically well-trained men. The researchers also investigated… Read More »What type of interval training is best for improving vo2max?

High Speed Running in Soccer Training In many posts in the past that I posted on my blog I dealt with the importance of Ηigh… Read More »Aston villa runs