Travel fatigue (cumulative exposure to a travelling environment) and jet-lag (dysregulation between internal circadian rhythms and external daylight processes) are the main issues related to team travel that, if not appropriately managed, can negatively affect performance and risk of illness/injury. In terms of short-haul travel accumulation during the season (2-3hr. trips), they seem to have
In soccer, load can be categorised into three components: cardiovascular or metabolic (internal (IL)), mechanical (ML) and locomotive (LL) load, the last two referring to external load. Information coming from all three components provide the whole loading picture of the player. The relationship and interaction between them depend, among other factors, on the individual profile
Worst case scenarios (WCS) are the most intense physical activities experienced during match-play and they are analyzed via shorter match periods in different time windows (commonly, from 1’ to 10’). WCS are mainly used for establishing benchmarks for designing drills that are believed to reproduce what is happening in competition, thus implying several conceptual assumptions,
Fooball Science Institute expands in Belgium with the Club Cercle Brugge KSV as a new Educational Partner. The historic Belgian club, founded in 1899 and currently active in the Belgian Pro League thus establishes a professional alliance with the FSI in order to promote Science of Sport applied to football. This agreement will enhance the
Join us at the next II FSI-Real Betis Conference on High Performance in Soccer next September 9th and 10th live and online from the Benito Villamarín Stadium, and you will be able to enjoy 30 top-level talks like this one, as well as round tables, professional contacts with other participants, and full access to our
He is the new doctor of the Betis CF first team and in this interview he answers questions about the training for soccer professionals that we teach at FSI. In particular, the FSI Master – Football Doctor, enables practitioners to know how to work and perform in the demanding environment of a medical team of