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Biological, Psychological, and Physical Performance Variations in Football Players during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Prospective Cohort Study

2022

This prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate whether COVID-19 lockdown caused biological, psychological, and/or physical performance variations in footballers. We compared the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons evaluating the plasma volume, hematological parameters, iron/ferritin, creatine kinase, vitamin D, cortisol, testosterone, and physiological state of players of the Italian football major league (Serie A). Measurements were performed before the preparatory period (T0), at the beginning (T1) and in the middle (T2) of the championship, and in March (T3) and at the end of season (T4). The results showed that in the 2019/2020 season affected by the lockdown, the weight, BMI, and fat mass…

The entangled scalarities of football clubs in a competitive metropolitan space: investment, identity and international events

2021

Football clubs located within competitive metropolitan spaces and owned by local municipalities develop their socio-spatiality through strong multiscalarities. Drawing from the sociology of footbal...

THE EVALUATION OF MUSCLE FLEXIBILITY IN YOUNG SOCCER PLAYERS

2011

Introduction The agility and coordination are two of many attributes required to become a successful player. Several reports have showed that the training of muscle flexibility leads to improvements both in the coordinative and technical performance, and in the process of motor learning (1). The aim of our study was to evaluate the flexibility of shoulders, trunk and lower limbs in young male soccer players compared to that of sedentary subjects. Methods Twelve players (age: 20.00 ± 3.74 years; weight: 74.25 ± 6.80 kg; height: 178.92 ± 6.65 cm) belonging all to the same soccer team and ten sedentary subjects (age: 21.8 ± 3.12 years; weight: 73.60 ± 5.29 kg; height: 179.50 ± 5.78) were teste…

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference in Science and Football, 15-17 April 2011, Palermo - Italy

2011

Have we had enough of Football...? Well well well!!! As far as this sport is still a source of joy, an inspiration, an educational tool, a recreation, a pleasure and a mass mobilising for some people, we will continue to “bother you with”... ;-) By the way, the International Week of Football (IWF) is new concept, born within a moment of brain storm between the office and the 5-a-side indoor football gym at the University of Greenwich, UK in summer 2010. “Let’s do something international between the UK and Italy”, Monèm said “Oh yeah, why not!” Antonino said “It could great...! the UK is a great nation of football and Italy is well renowned for its footballistic experts” The rest was a just …

Italian soccer teams and UEFA financial fair play. Economic and financial gaps, and potential barriers to reorientation strategies

2011

Related party transactions in Italian professional football clubs: an empirical study

2012

The presentation deal with the first results of a research that has for object the qualitative and quantitative analysis of related party transactions of some Italian professional football clubs. In qualitative terms, we investigate on the exhaustiveness of the information, and on its contribution to the transparency and the substantial accuracy of the financial statements of clubs. In quantitative terms, we analyze the financial statements of the clubs and the impact of related party transactions on their economic and financial situations, with useful simulations for verifying the possible gap compared to the parameters of financial fair play. As expected results, the paper aims to highlig…

Combating illegal phenomena in Professional Football in Italy: the strengths and weaknesses of the actual model of governance

2012

A recent report about football sector in Italy highlights the reduction of competitive equilibrium of the teams, as shown by their poor performances in Europe, the reduction of fans in the stands, the economic losses and the increasing of debts. In a previous research, we analyse the governance model established in Italy in the professional football sector, and we realize a taxonomy framework helpful for identifying appropriate tools and procedures to overcome them (Cincimino, Tomaselli, Carini, 2012). In this research we focus on a particular category of the taxonomy framework of pathologies. The aim is to explore how to contrast the illegal pursuit of football club objectives and extra cl…

The Governance of the Football Sector in Italy. A Conceptual Framework for Overcoming Some Pathologies

2012

The government of professional football sector is a complex issue, for the numerous threats to the proper conduct of sporting activities (such as the extended dimension of the interest on illegal betting), for the involvement of sports entities in social activities, and for the greater interest which assumes the economic dimension. Moreover, an effective governance model should prevent, rather than cure, the manifestation of problems within the professional clubs. In Italy, the current model of governance of football is formally openness, but it does not exert a preventive action fully effective of the problems that professional clubs must face. By proposing a conceptual framework, focused …

Does the crowd matter in refereeing decisions? Evidence from Spanish soccer

2016

This paper analyses referee home bias with data from the First Division of the Spanish Football League between the 2002/03 and 2009/10 seasons. The aim is to assess the behaviour of the referee in relation to two decisions, namely free kicks awarded and players booked. The main contribution of this paper is the way in which it analyses referee bias; free kicks and bookings are not considered independent elements, instead it is presumed that the number of free kicks awarded has an impact on the cards shown. Regarding methodology, two random effects panel-data regression models are estimated. The results obtained do not confirm, at least in the period under analysis, that Spanish soccer refer…

The balancing act of combining school and football in the transition from a non-professional club into junior-elite academy football

2021

Football players in the transition from junior-to-senior are usually involved in dual careers, combining school and football – a process that makes them dependent on a holistic talent-development journey. The aim of the current study was to describe how male junior elite football players (N=10; 5=living at home, 5=living away from home) perceived stressors in the transition from a non-professional club into a junior elite academy. Furthermore, the school transition (between lower- and upper-secondary school) and social transition (based on the school and football transitions) as a consequence of the football transition into academy football. Based on Wylleman and Lavallee’s (2004) and Stamb…