The effect of football (soccer) heading on gross and fine motor control in women by Jac L. Palmer, Bert Bond, Bert Bond, Alex Woodgates, Alex Woodgates, Jacob Jack, Jacob Jack, Oliver Smail, Oliver Smail, Ryan Baker, Genevieve Williams

“…A sample of 19 female collegiate football (soccer) players participated in two sessions: a control session, and a heading intervention. …”
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Footballomics: urinary metabolomics in adolescents and athletes playing football (soccer) – Review of the literature and practical approach by Vassilios Fanos

“…The specific subject of this contribution is metabolomics applied to football (soccer), which we call “footballomics”. In particular, metabolomics has the potential to provide new information and insights into the complex biological mechanisms that contribute to sports injuries and identify new targets for intervention.  …”
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Screening to Detect Hip and Groin Problems in Elite Adolescent Football (Soccer) Players – Friend or Foe? by Matthew D DeLang, J. Craig Garrison, Kristian Thorborg

“…Monitoring systems may be an effective approach to detect common and troublesome injuries, such as hip and groin pain in football (soccer) players. The purpose of this International Perspective is to share our experiences with monitoring hip and groin pain in youth academy football and discuss challenges that surfaced. …”
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Injury prevention in youth football (soccer): a comprehensive description of the development process of the ‘FUNBALL’ programme by Tim Meyer, Karen aus der Fünten, Rilind Obërtinca

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Systematic video analysis of shoulder dislocations in professional male football (soccer): Injury mechanisms, situational and kinematic patterns by Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, Tim Schachtrup, Georg Gosheger, Mirkka Lynn Hiort, Blanca Julie Degener, Theodoros Zafeiris, Christoph Theil

“…Methods The study included all shoulder dislocations occurring in official matches within Germany's top two professional male football (soccer) leagues (1. and 2. Bundesliga) from the 2012/2013 to the 2022/2023 seasons. …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is one of the most common types of injury in professional football (soccer) players with high risk of recurrence. …”
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Hamstring Strain Injury Patterns in Spanish Professional Male Football (Soccer): A Systematic Video Analysis of 78 Match Injuries by Aitor Gandarias-Madariaga, Antonio Martínez-Serrano, Pedro E. Alcaraz, Julio Calleja-González, Roberto López del Campo, Ricardo Resta, Asier Zubillaga-Zubiaga

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Development of a shooting training model for football players aged 14-17 years by Paisal Paisal, Samsudin Samsudin, Iwan Setiawan, Abd Rahman

Subjects: “…Keywords: Training Model, Shooting, Kick The Ball, Football, Soccer…”
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Maximal Strength Testing Using the Long-Lever Hip Adduction Squeeze Test in Youth Elite Football (Soccer) Players: A Four-Week Reliability Study by Lasse Ishøi, Jonas Petersen, Kasper Thornton, Matthew DeLang

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Early versus standard return to play following ACL reconstruction: impact on volume of play and career longevity in 180 professional European soccer players: a retrospective cohort... by Michael Battaglia, Justin W. Arner, Kaare S. Midtgaard, Daniel B. Haber, Liam A. Peebles, Annalise M. Peebles, Phob Ganokroj, Ryan J. Whalen, Matthew T. Provencher, Guglielmo Torre, Riccardo Ciatti, Pier Paolo Mariani

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Effect of a cervical collar on head and neck acceleration profiles during emergency spinal immobilisation and extrication procedures in elite football (soccer) players: protocol for a randomised, controlled cross-over trial by David Perry, Tom Hughes, Michael J Callaghan, John Davin, Russell Hayes, Neil Hough, Daniel Torpey, Sam Dawson, Eoghan Murray, Richard K Jones

“…This study will compare present practice (immobilisation with a cervical collar) to the same procedure without a collar during a simulated spinal immobilisation and extraction scenario from the field of play to the side-line in football (soccer). It will use a prospective cohort within-subjects cross over randomised, controlled trial design. …”
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The professional careers of former Portuguese football players: a sociodemographic and professional approach by Eduardo Teixeira, Carlos Silva, Félix Romero, Mauro Miguel, António Vicente

Subjects: “…Football (soccer)…”
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Training spatial intelligence in football through the cognitive load scale by Rafael Pedrosa, Rafael Pedrosa, Ricardo Tavares

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Diversity is key: fantasy football dream teams under budget constraints by Josef Gullholm, Jil Klünder, Julie Rowlett, Jonathan Stålberg

Subjects: “…football (soccer)…”
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SOCCERMETRICS AS A SCIENCE AND AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE by Yury Y. Petrunin

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The Incidence of Sport-Related Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: An Overview of Systematic Reviews Including 51 Meta-Analyses by Javier Martinez-Calderon, Marta Infante-Cano, Javier Matias-Soto, Veronica Perez-Cabezas, Alejandro Galan-Mercant, Cristina Garcia-Muñoz

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Sport-related ACL injuries may have a high incidence in sports such as American football, basketball, European football/soccer, or volleyball and show differences between sexes. …”
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Phoenix from the Ashes: An Advocacy for an International Consensus for Return To Play for Athletes with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators by Andreas Müssigbrodt

“…Abstract This viewpoint discusses disparities in return-to-play (RTP) policies for athletes with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), highlighted by the case of professional football (soccer) player Christian Eriksen. It argues for an international consensus based on shared decision-making to harmonize national policies, balancing athlete autonomy and safety. …”
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Penalty shoot-outs are tough, but the alternating order is fair. by Silvan Vollmer, David Schoch, Ulrik Brandes

“…We compare conversion rates of association football (soccer) penalties during regulation or extra time with those during shoot-outs. …”
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Shape graphs and the instantaneous inference of tactical positions in soccer by Ulrik Brandes, Hadi Sotudeh, Doğan Parlak, Paolo Laffranchi, Mert Erkul

“…Abstract We propose shape graphs as instantaneous representations of spatial arrangements in association football (soccer). Shape graphs are a novel type of subgraph of Delaunay triangulations inspired by related applications in fingerprinting and facial expression detection. …”
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Neurocognitive & Ecological Motor Learning Considerations for the 11+ ACL Injury Prevention Program: A Commentary by Dustin R. Grooms, Mario Bizzini, Holly Silvers-Granelli, Anne Benjaminse

“…How the 11+ can be adapted to the ecological constraints and affordances of the football (soccer) environment is also discussed, including the task, the individual, and the context. …”
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