Purpose – Football exercise as an intervention for people with severe mental health problems has seen an increasing interest in the past years. To date, there is, however, no comprehensive review of the empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of these interventions. In this review, the authors have comprised the research findings from the peer-review literature as well as the theoretical...

recently, with increasing of interest of all people especially young people and teenagers to sports in iran in parallel the tendency of investors both in governmental and private parts is increased ,and in this part the special places and spaces of sport was not departed , and billion rials (iran’s currencies) is paid for making some places for sport or equipped the old building .in this part f...

Respond to this E-Letter: Re: How Does the Brain Localize the Self ? The sight of oneself on a stadium screen when filmed as part of the crowd at a football game comes as a pleasant surprise to most people and usually does not cause any confusion. The brain recognizes the artificial nature of the image and deals adequately with the apparent conflict caused by seeing a visual representation of i...

Interest in football continues to increase, with ever younger age groups participating at a competitive level. Football academies have sprung up under the umbrella of professional clubs in an attempt to nurture and develop such talent in a safe manner. However, increased participation predisposes the immature skeleton to injury. Over a five-year period we have prospectively collected data conce...

BACKGROUND Flag (touch or intramural) football is a popular sport among the U.S. Air Force (USAF) active duty population and causes a substantial number of lost-workday injuries. The purpose of this study is to describe the mechanisms of flag-football injuries to better identify effective countermeasures. METHODS The data were derived from safety reports obtained from the USAF Ground Safety A...

Game analyses in association football are increasingly valuable for professional teams to remain competitive. Unfortunately conventional methods of post-game analyses often fail to analyse and visualise the complex spatiotemporal patterns of the football sufficiently. These circumstances lead to a rising demand for rich geospatial sports data. Actually, vast amounts of geo data are captured. In...

BACKGROUND Football (soccer) is one of the most popular sports in the world, including Europe. It is associated with important betting activities. A common belief, widely spread among those who participate in gambling activities, is that knowledge and expertise on football lead to better prediction skills for match outcomes. If unfounded, however, this belief should be considered as a form of "...

The objective of this research is to provide a statistical measurement to predict the likely winners of international football tournaments with particular reference to the Euro 2008 football tournament. This research argues that there exists a positive relationship between the competitive balance and success in international football tournaments. The level of the competitive balance in a domest...