Scientific guidelines exist regarding strength and conditioning (S&C) best practice, for both first team academy level soccer. However, it is not known if these research-informed are followed in such applied settings. The aim of this study was to investigate current S&C practice (men's women's) soccer, multiple countries/continents. A total 170 participants, who were involved with the d...

The UT Austin Villa 2003 simulated online soccer coach was a first time entry in the RoboCup Coach Competition. In developing the coach, the main research focus was placed on treating advice-giving as a machine learning problem. Competing against a field of mostly handcoded coaches, the UT Austin Villa coach earned first place in the competition. In this paper, we present the multi-faceted lear...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, aktif olarak futbol oynayan profesyonel ve amatör futbolcuların antrenörleri ile ilişkilerini yakınlık, bağlılık tamamlayıcılık alt boyutlarında, spora başlama yaşı oynadığı lig düzeyine göre incelemektir. Çalışmaya 15 yaş üzeri 284 futbolcu 154 katılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen kişisel bilgi formu Sporcu-Antrenör İlişkisi Ölçeği kullanı...

The training process is a fundamental issue in sports, especially high performance. Know the activities, techniques, and tools used to help athletes develop skills, knowledge, attitudes improve their performance achieve sporting goals. This implies planning execution of specific programs attention psychological emotional aspects. Therefore, qualitative research methods were considered, intervie...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the speed, agility, quickness (SAQ) training method on power performance in soccer players. Soccer players were assigned randomly to 2 groups: experimental group (EG; n = 50) and control group (n = 50). Power performance was assessed by a test of quickness--the 5-m sprint, a test of acceleration--the 10-m sprint, tests of maximal speed--t...

Currently, little is known about strength and conditioning programs at the high school level. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to explore current practices in strength and conditioning for varsity high school athletes in selected sports. The following were specifically examined: who administers programs for these athletes, what kinds of training activities are done, and whether the r...