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Foreign players in the Finnish football league 1970-2010
2014
Vihreän veran verilöyly : jalkapallon metaforat Suomessa, Ruotsissa, Englannissa ja Espanjassa
2001
Finland : Civic activities, growing participation, diversification, and professionalisation
2022
Football arrived in Finland with English seamen in the late nineteenth century. Although Finland engaged in international football as early as the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, football did not become a popular national game. The Football Association of Finland (FAF) emphasised that football should be developed according to amateur principles. Between the World Wars, football had to fight with the Finnish version of baseball (pesäpallo) for living space. Football has been a sport of the cities and urban areas and spread to the countryside slowly. Nevertheless, unlike in other sport domains with a split between non-socialist and workers’ sport movements until the 1990s, the FAF united the…
A new playing field : Changing logics in the use of spaces by Finnish sport clubs
2023
Purpose: Using an institutionalist approach, this paper examines the changing logics in the organisational field of Finnish sport clubs. More specifically, the utilisation of physical spaces by sport clubs is investigated. Research methods: Data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews with 26 sport clubs from the Central Finland region and by obtaining club documents. Findings: Sport club’ expectations of spaces have diversified. They have started to use a broad range of spaces by various providers, to work towards innovative solutions with stakeholders, and to rely on club-owned facilities. In the process, the prerequisites for running and using the facilities have become m…
The challenge of commercialization and professionalization : a comparative study of the governance of ten sports leagues in Finland
2022
Vertaileva tutkimus Ylen ja MTV:n Mestareiden liigan jalkapalloselostuksista keväältä 2013
2015
Veltheim, Juuso. 2015. Vertaileva tutkimus Ylen ja MTV:n Mestareiden liigan jalkapal-loselostuksista keväältä 2013.” Liikuntakasvatuksen laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto, liikuntape-dagogiikan pro gradu -tutkielma, 49s. Suorat urheilulähetykset ovat lisääntyneet runsaasti viimeisten vuosikymmenien aikana. Tele-visiolähetykset ovat tuoneet urheilun suomalaisten koteihin ja tarve ammattitaitoisille urhei-luselostajille on kasvanut. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää minkälaisia ominaispiirteitä jalkapalloselostuk-sista voidaan erottaa. Kahdeksan eri ottelun selostuksia tutkittiin sisällönanalyysillä. Katego-rioita muodostui yhteensä kuusi, joita olivat ”tunnelman luominen ja yleisön ha…
How does a simulated soccer match affect regional differences in biceps femoris muscle architecture?
2017
Soccer is played by thousands of athletes across the globe and its participation increases the overall risk of injury, in particular, hamstring strain injuries (HSI). Biceps femoris (BF) has been shown to be involved the in 5 out of 6 HSI cases and risk factors including fatigue and short BF fascicle length (FL) have been identified. Furthermore, previous studies suggest that different muscle regions may undergo different strains during dynamic tasks, which could contribute to injury risk. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a soccer match on regional differences in the BF muscle architecture. A secondary aim was to assess the reliability of the extended field of vi…
Säärisuojien suojaavuus ja käytettävyys jalkapallossa
2015
Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin Zero Point Finland Oy:n valmistamien säärisuojaprototyyppien toimivuutta jalkapallossa. Säärisuojien toimivuus voidaan jakaa vammoilta suojaamiseen sekä käyttömukavuuteen. Tutkittavia prototyyppejä oli kolme, jotka erosivat toisistaan suojan sisäpehmusteen materiaalin osalta. Prototyyppien suojaavuutta tutkittiin iskutestien avulla, joissa tuloksia verrattiin jo markkinoilla oleviin Niken Mercurial Blade sekä Mercurial Flylite -suojiin. Laboratoriotutkimusta varten rakennetun heilurin avulla iskutestit suoritettiin jokaiselle tutkittavalle säärisuojalle koehenkilöitä ja tekojalkaa käyttäen. Suojien eroavaisuuksia mitattiin painepohjallisten, voimalevyn sekä koehen…
Players with high physical fitness are at greater risk of injury in youth football.
2022
The aim of this study was to investigate physical fitness, football-specific skills and their association with injury risk in youth football. Altogether 447 male and female players aged 9 to 14 years (median 12 years) participated in performance tests and prospective follow-up. The physical fitness tests included five-jump test for distance, 30-m sprint, football-specific figure of eight agility, countermovement jump, and Yo-Yo intermittent endurance test level 1. The football-specific skill tests included dribbling and passing tests. Injuries and exposure were registered during the 20-week follow-up. Our candidate risk factors were low/high level of physical fitness measured with a composi…