A lot of attention is usually given to starting players within a football team. This is a common and understandable practice, since those are the players who have more playing minutes within a season, hence being more important to that particular team. However, football season is long and injuries, illnesses, suspensions, bad performances or even transfers are likely to occur throughout the competitive year, making the reserve/substitute players a crucial part of a team’s success. Are clubs missing a piece of the puzzle?… Read More Why is my substitute player under-performing?

Hamstrings injuries are a plague in football (or soccer for our American friends). Science and technology continue to evolve, but surprisingly hamstrings injuries increased around 4% since 2001 (Ekstrand, 2016). So what’s happening? Hamstrings injuries increased 4% since 2001. (Ekstrand, 2016) It’s a fact that football matches’ demands have increased over the years (Barnes et… Read More Small-sided games vs. Hamstrings injuries

Every athlete wants to become faster, either if it is a sprinting, field/court or marathon type athlete. Success lives within the first 3-4 steps of acceleration, mainly in field and court sports. The ability to decelerate and accelerate quickly in any direction is an absolute game changer. By improving this capacity, athletes’ performance will improve… Read More The importance of speed in football