Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Physiology and Sports Medicine

Training and Testing

1. Muscle Power training in Soccer

2. The Application of the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Tests to the Soccer Population

3. Fitness Coaching in an Elite Soccer Team – with Special Focus on Individual-based Approach

4. Soccer Refereeing Training and Performance

5. Ball Kicking Dynamics in Football Codes: New Insight for Coaching Cues

Physiology

6. Soccer Fitness – Prevention and Treatment of Lifestyle Diseases

7. The Health Benefits of Rugby-specific Small-sided Games for Sedentary Populations.

8. Recent Research Findings in Australian Football: Application to other Coodes?

9. Physiology of Women´s Soccer from Competitive to Recreational Level

10. Soccer in the Heat – Impact on Physiological Responses, Match-play Characteristics and Recovery

Injuries

11. Epidemiology of Rugby Injuries

12. Prevention of Contact and Non-contact Injuries in Football/Soccer: 20 Years of F-MARC

13. Eccentric Training as Treatment of Muscle-Tendon Injury

Part II: Humanities and Social Science

Social Science

14. Women’s Soccer – Historical Development and Current Situation in Europe

15. Development and Voluntarism in Soccer Clubs

16. The Emergence of the Danish Soccer Fitness Concept

17. Smart Consumers and Hopeless Romantics

18. American Football: Ideology and National Identity

19. Gaelic Football in a Sociological Perspective

20. Sport Teams as Complex Social Entities: Tensions and Potentials

Psychology

21. Flow Experiences in Soccer: The Key to a Successful Physical Activity Intervention?

22. Coaching Practice and Player Development

23. Doping in Soccer: A Moral Psychology Perspective

About the Author

Jens Bangsbo is Professor in Human Physiology and Exercise Physiology in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Peter Krustrup is Professor in Human Physiology in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Peter Riis Hansen is Consultant Invasive Cardiologist at Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark, and Associate Professor of research at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Laila Ottesen is Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Gertrud Pfister is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Anne-Marie Elbe is Associate Professor for Sport Psychology in the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.