the aim of this study was to determine the effect of win orientation (willingness to win) on sport commitment dimensions in women's football premier league of iran. research method was correlation and application in terms of aim. the population consisted of football players of 11 premier league teams in iran (n=200) who participated in the 2nd women's premier league and had at least 6...

BACKGROUND The influence of injuries on team performance in football has only been scarcely investigated. AIM To study the association between injury rates and team performance in the domestic league play, and in European cups, in male professional football. METHODS 24 football teams from nine European countries were followed prospectively for 11 seasons (2001-2012), including 155 team-seas...

most sports are attractive because they are almost unpredictable today. the more the competitiveness of league teams, the harder to predict the games and as a result that league will be more attractive. the aim of this study was to investigate competitive balance in iran football premier league (1995 – 2010). the data were secondary and collected from the final tables of iran premier league in ...

OBJECTIVES Football has the highest sports participation (10.6%) in Ireland ahead of its Gaelic counterpart (3.9%). Research into injury incidence and patterns in Irish football is non-existent. The aim of this study was to conduct a prospective injury audit of League of Ireland (semiprofessional) footballers during the 2014 season (8 months, 28 games). METHODS A total of 140 semiprofessional...

this study aimed to determinate the relative contribution of brand loyalty in brand association in football premier league of iran. this study was a descriptive, practical survey. a sample of 797 football premier league fans participated in this study. in order to collect the data, team association questionnaire by gladden and funk (2001) was used. the reliability of the questionnaire was estim...

The aim of this study was to determine the structure of morphological and motor characteristics of Croatian first league female football players and their impact on the estimated quality of the players. According to the goal of the research, a sample consisted of 70 Croatian first league female football players. Participants were measured in 18 tests for assessing morphological characteristics,...

There are a number of sports played across the world under the name football, with most of the world reserving that name for association football or soccer. Soccer is discussed in Chapter 5 of this volume, this chapter considers American football, the basic structure of which is described in the next paragraph. Most of the material in this chapter is discussed in terms of the National Football ...