1st Edition

Science and Football V The Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Sports Science and Football

Edited By Thomas Reilly, Jan Cabri, Duarte Araújo Copyright 2005
654 Pages
by Routledge

656 Pages
by Routledge

656 Pages
by Routledge

Science and Football V presents the edited papers from the Fifth World Congress on Science and Football that took place in Portugal in April 2003. The collection represents the latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as football such as association football; rugby codes (Union and League); national codes (American, Australian and Gaelic). A recurring theme for this series... Read more
PART I Introductory keynote address PART II Biomechanics and mechanics PART IV Performance analysis PART V Medical aspects of football PART VI Football training PART VII Paediatric exercise science PART VIII Physiology and nutrition PART IX Behavioural and social sciences

Biography

Thomas Reilly is Professor of Sports Science and Director of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. He is President of the World Commission of Science and Sports and the Chair of the Commission’s Steering Group on Science and Football. Jan Cabri is Professor of Sport Physiology and Director of the Centre for Sports Physical Therapy at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Duarte Araújo is an Assistant at the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, and is a member of the Managing Council of the International Society for Sport Psychology.