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...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of protective headgear in adolescent football (soccer) players. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Oakville Soccer Club, Oakville, Canada. PARTICIPANTS Football players aged 12-17 years. INTERVENTION A questionnaire examining the 2006 football season using self-reported symptoms. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The number of concussions experienced during the...

PURPOSE Performance analysis (PA) in football is considered to be an integral component of understanding the requirements for optimal performance. Despite vast amounts of research in this area key gaps remain, including what comprises PA in football, and methods to minimise research-practitioner gaps. The aim of this study was to develop a model of the football match system in order to better d...

Introduction: This research investigated the effects of violent and football video games on cognitive functions, cortisol levels, and brain waves. Methods: A total of 64 participants competed in a single-elimination tournament. Saliva samples of all players were obtained before and after the games for the assessment of cortisol levels. The cognitive performances of the players were also assess...

the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of outcome uncertainty induced by increased competitive balance level on the amount of spectators' attendance in iran football premier league. therefore, the amount of spectators' attendance in iran football premier league was prepared, collected and organized in detail by library sources, the present sources of league organizatio...

the aim of this study was to survey football talent identification problems. all coaches of the basic football teams of tehran asia vision league in adolescent and youth classes formed the statistical population of this study. 42 coaches were selected as the sample based on morgan table. because there was not a standard questionnaire for this scope, a questionnaire with 5-point likert scale was...

because of reducing the number of spectators of football premier league, this study is seeking for identifying factors put the most impact on this decline. the statistical population consisted of all spectators in iran football premier league in 2015-16, out of which 395 spectators were randomly selected as the research samples. the data were collected via a researcher-made questionnaire. the f...

Securitisation is a financing technique that rests upon a complex legal foundation. Its purpose is to allow companies to raise lowcost finance from the capital markets. This technique has been used successfully in a range of businesses over many years, but it was only adopted by football clubs in much more recent times. Between late 1999 and 2003 there were a number of football securitisations ...

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...