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The core connects arms and legs - train it use it.

Skillful players have a good first touch.

As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.

Following studies were retrieved for this week:

SSG = Technical + Tactical + Physical Training

Numerical (dis)advantages can be crucial.

Testing players intermittent running capacity - a suggestion.

As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.

Following studies were retrieved for this week:

Football specific cutting maneuvers for muscular development.

Knee stability for movements.

Number of players affect intensity in SSG

Appropriate training load = performance + injury prevention

One option to train for keeping the ball in offensive 1 vs. 1.

As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.

Following studies were retrieved for this week:

Youth players - every Training session 1.000 touches!

Dynamic stretches done correctly are important during the warm-up.

The German Sport Science Association – Section Football had its annual meeting at Ruhr University Bochum from 28.-30.9.2017.

I attended the conference and the important slides from the one and only english presentation from the one and only Aaron Coutts about “Developing athlete monitoring systems for football: theoretical foundations” are shown below.

Attacking third entry is crucial for scoring goals.

As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.

Following studies were retrieved for this week:

Straight-line sprinting might be rarely performed – however, the ones that are done might be important ones!

If you use SSG as a conditioning tool - Be aware of the goalkeeper!!!

As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.

Following studies were retrieved for this week:

Control the ball - control the game

Running laps is good for footballers…unless you know SSG?

As previous literature updates, I have performed a PubCrawler search looking for football articles in NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases.

Following studies were retrieved for this week:

Coaches not only determine the team's tactic, they also influence the intensity of training (if desired).