Direct play with quality are keys to success in football – A research review by Dan Bernardin
The predictors and determinants of inter-season success in a professional soccer team, by Kite & Nevill, in the Journal of Human Kinetics (2017). Abstract: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548163/ Background: The main objective of football is to outscore your opponent. It has previously been suggested that successful teams need to have a higher number of shots, successful passes and […]
Testing for Agility – Is the Reactive Y-Sprint the answer? By Luke Lawrence
Premier League footballers are required to make up to 900 turns and changes of direction over the course of 90 mins (1), all of which require a complex blend of physical, technical and decision-making processes. It is for this reason that agility has been termed the ‘King’ of physical attributes required for football. However, many […]