Preface XIII Introduction XIV T. REILLY and F. KORKUSUZ PART I Introductory keynote address 1 1 Science and football: an update 3T. REILLY PART II Biomechanics 9 2 The biomechanics of football skills 11A. LEES 3 Body segment orientations for curved running in soccer players 16 P. BRICE, N. SMITH and R. DYSON 4 Player perceptions of soccer ball performance 21J. ROBERTS, P. NEILSON, A. HARLAND and R. JONES 5 Development of a mechanical kicking stimulator 25 C.E. HOLMES, R. JONES, A. HARLAND and D. WARD 6 Foot interaction during kicking in Australian Rules Football 30 K. BALL 7 Ball -- foot interaction in impact phase of instep soccer kicking 33 H. SHINKAI, H. NUNOME, Y. IKEGAMI and M. ISOKAWA 8 Effect of approach velocity in soccer kicking 38L. B. KRISTENSEN and T. B. ANDERSON 9 Kicking velocity: barefoot kicking superior to shod kicking? 41 T. STERZING, J. KROIHER and E.M. HENNIG 10 Kinematic analysis of high-performance rugby props during scrum training 46 M. SAYERS A study of knuckle effect in football 51 T. ASAI, K. SEO, O. KOBAYASHI and H. NUNOME 12 Ground reaction force of a drop jump on different kinds of artificial turf 56 R. VERHELST, P. MALCOLM, P. VERLEYSEN, J. DEGRIECK, D. DE CLERCQ and R. PHILIPPAERTS 13 Development of a sliding tester 61 R. VERHELST, P. VERLEYSEN, J. DEGRIECK, S. RAMBOUR and G. SCHOUKENS PART III Sports Medicine 67 14 Acute and chronic spinal injuries in soccer 69 O.S. ALTINSOZ, Y.SALCI and F. KORKUSUZ 15 Enthesis pain and height growth velocity curve in junior high school soccer players 74 R. NAKAZAWA, M. SAKAMOTO, T. YAMAJI, K. NAKAGAWA, N. INOMATA, S. SAKURAI and Y. KUSAMA 16 Sports injuries in female soccer players 77 H. HORINO 17 A comparison of injury in professional and non-professional male graduate youth soccer players 80F. LE GALL, C. CARLING and T. REILLY 18 The effect of a succession of matches on the activity profiles of professional soccer players 84 K. ODETOYINBO, B. WOOSTER, and A. LANE 19 Effects of whole-body vibration and PNF stretching on the flexibility and range of movement in elite Australian Rules football players 88 B. HINTON, J. QUINN, M. NEWTON and M. McGUIGAN PART IV Paediatric Exercise Science 93 20 Heart rate and match analysis of Finnish junior football players 95T. VANTTINEN, M. BLOMQVIST, H. LEHTO and K. HAKKINEN 21 Influence of age, maturity and body dimensions on selection of under-17 Algerian soccer players 99S. CHIBANE, C. HAUTIER, C. GAUDINO, R. MASSARELLI and N. MIMOUNI 22 Chronological versus skeletal bone age in schoolboy footballers 104A. JOHNSON, P. DOHERTY and A. FREEMONT 23 A cross-cultural comparison of the participation histories of English and French elite youth soccer players 109 P. FORD, F. LE GALL, C. CARLING and A. M. WILLIAMS Physical loading, stress and recovery in a youth soccer tournament 113 P. LUHTANEN, A. NUMMELA and K. LIPPONEN 25 Difference in muscularity of psoas major and thigh muscles in relation to sprint and vertical jump performances between elite young and professional soccer players 118 Y. HOSHIKAWA, J.M. CAMPEIZ, K. SHIBUKAWA, K. CHUMAN, T. IIDA, M. MURAMATSU and Y. NAKAJIMA 26 Relationship between the ability to repeat sprints and maximal aerobic power in young soccer players 121 C. CASTAGNA, S. D'OTTAVIO and J.C. BARBERO ALVAREZ PART V Match Analysis 123 27 Team kinematics of small-sided soccer games: a systematic approach 125 W.G.P. FRENCKEN and K.A.P.M. LEMMINK 28 Has soccer changed in the last three World Championships? 129 J.C. PAULIS, A.P. RODRIGUEZ and A.B. VILLASENOR 29 Influence of playing in the European Champions League on performance in the Spanish football league 132 C. LAGO-PENAS and J. LAGO-BALLESTEROS 30 Deceleration and turning movements performed during FA Premier League soccer matches 135 J. BLOOMFIELD, R. POLMAN and P. O'DONOGHUE 31 Analysis of the high-intensity activity of soccer players in top level competition 141A. ZUBILLAGA, G. GOROSPE, A. HERNANDEZ-MENDO and A. BLANCO-VILLASENOR 32 Intelligent system for analysis of tactics in soccer 144 M. SHESTAKOV, A. TALALAEV, N. KOSILOVA, N. ZASENKO, A. ZUBKOVA, A. LEKSAKOV, A. AVERJIN and A. GUSEV 33 Activity profile, heart rate and blood lactate of futsal referees during competitive games 148 A. REBELO, A. ASCENCAO, J. MAGALHAES and P. KRUSTRUP 34 Analysis of actions ended with shots at goal in women's European football Championship (England 2005) 152 J. BERGIER, A. SOROKA and T. BURACZEWSKI 35 Game characteristics of Asian women's rugby 155 J. KUROIWA, I. KAMEYAMA, M. KUROSU, T. ITOH, M. YAMADA, K. KOMATSU, T. TSUBAKIHARA, I. WATANABE and Y. UENO 36 Match activities and fatigue development of elite female soccer players at different levels of competition 158 P. KRUSTRUP, H. ANDERSSON, M. MOHR, M. B. RANDERS, J. M. JENSEN, M. ZEBIS, D. KIRKENDAL and J. BANGSBO 37 Diachronic analysis of interaction contexts in '06 World Championship 164 J. CASTELLANO PAULIS, A. PEREA RODRIGUEZ and A. HERNANEZ MENDO 38 The impact of individualism on the outcome of penalty shoot-outs in international football tournaments 169 J. BILLSBERRY and P. NELSON 39 Match analyses of Australian international female soccer players using an athlete tracking device 174 A. HEWITT, R. WITHERS and K. LYONS 40 Performance profiles of soccer players in the 2006 UEFA Champions League and the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournaments 178 M. ROWLINSON and P.O'DONAGHUE 41 Analysis of the goal scored in the 2006 World Cup 183 M.F. ACAR, B. YAPICIOGLU, N. ARIKAN, S. YALCIN, N. ATES and M. ERGUN PART VI Environmental physiology 189 42 Thermoregulatory response to base layer garments during intermittent treadmill exercise 191B. C. ROBERTS, T. WALLER and M. P. CAINE 43 The impact of pre-cooling on soccer specific exercise performed in the heat 196N. D. CLARKE, B. DRUST, D. P. M. MacLAREN and T. REILLY 44 Effect of leg cooling at half time breaks on performance of soccer- simulated exercise in a hot environment 199 M. YASUMATSU, O. MIYAGI, J. OHASHI, H. TOGARI, S. NISHIKAWA, H. HASEGAWA, S. ISHIZAKI and T. YODA 45 The relationship between pre-match hydration status, match performance, injury and body mass changes in elite Australian footballers 202 J. QUINN, C. FINCH and A. J. COUTTS PART VII Physiology of Training 205 46 Heart rate recording optimization in soccer 207 R.M. SANTOS, A. BLANCO, F.J. SANCHEZ and A. LOS ARCOS 47 Monitoring training loads in professional Rugby League 211A. COUTTS, A. SIROTIC, C. CATTERICK and H. KNOWLES 48 Development of an offensive evasion model for the training of high performance rugby players 215 M. SAYERS 49 Use of weighted balls for improving kicking for distance 221 K. BALL 50 Effects of a hypertrophy and a maximal strength training programme on speed, force and power of soccer players 225G. BOGDANIS, A. PAPASPYROU, A. SOUGLIS, A. THEOS, A. SOTIROPOULOS and M. MARIDAKI 51 Intermittent high-intensity drills improve in-seasonal performance of elite soccer players 230J. M. JENSEN, M. B. RANDERS, P. KRUSTRUP and J. BANGSBO 52 The effects of strength training and practice on soccer throw in performance 235 G.M.S DE CARNYS and A. LEES 53 The energy cost of soloing a Gaelic football 238 A. HULTON, T. FORD and T. REILLY 54 The effect of short-term intense soccer specific exercise on technical performance in soccer 243 T. ROSTGAARD, F.M. IAIA and J. BANGSBO 55 Physical demands and training of top class soccer players 246 J. BANGSBO and P. KRUSTRUP 56 Physiological responses to playing futsal in professional Players 256C. CASTAGNA, S. D'OTTAVIO and J.C. BARBERO ALVAREZ PART VIII Fitness Assessment 259 57 The reliability of a repeated sprint test during simulated team-sport running on a non-motorised treadmill 261 A.C. SIROTIC and A.J. COUTTS 58 Validity of a group intermittent high-intensity test for repeated sprint ability 264 J.C.B. ALVAREZ and C. CASTAGNA 59 Match performance and Yo-Yo IR2 Test performance of players from successful and unsuccessful professional soccer teams 267 M. B. RANDERS, J. M. JENSEN, J. BANGSBO and P. KRUSTRUP 60 Performance on two soccer-specific high-intensity intermittent running protocols 271 M. SVENSSON, P. CONWAY, B. DRUST and T. REILLY 61 Seasonal changes in intermittent exercise performance of soccer players evaluated by the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 2 276 F.M. IAIA, T. ROSTGAARD, P. KRUSTRUP and J. BANGSBO 62 Comparison of physiological profiles of soccer players: U17, U19, U21 and over-21 279 A.K. EMRE, A. YILDRIM, S. CICEK and F. KORKUSUZ 63 A comparison of skinfold thickness measurements and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry analysis of percent body fat in soccer players 282 J. WALLACE, M. MARFELL-JONES, K. GEORGE and T.REILLY 64 Physiological profiles of soccer players with respect to playing positions 287 A.YILDRIM, A.K. EMRE, F. KORKUSUZ and S. CICEK 65 Criterion validity of an intermittent futsal-specific high-intensity test 290 C. CASTAGNA, S. D'OTTAVIO and J.C. BARBERO ALVAREZ PART IX Psychology 293 66 Sport psychology for football 295 D. GOULD 67 Adaptation of self and other versions of the revised power in soccer questionnaire (RPSQ) for the Turkish culture 303 E. KONTER 68 Alternatives to the penalty shoot-out 307J. BILLSBERRY 69 Penalty kicks and stress 311 N. MIYAMOTO, M. BERTOLASSI, E. MORYA, M.L. BATISTA Jr., A.S. YAMASHITA, C.O. CARVALHO and R. RANVAUD 70 Developing methods to evaluate player selection 314 E. MORYA, M. BERTOLASSI, N. MIYAMOTO, M.L. BATISTS Jr., A.S. YAMASHITA, C.O. CARVALHO, C.I and R. RANVAUD. 71 Emotions at the penalty mark: An analysis of elite players performing in an international penalty shootout 319G. JORDET, T. MARIJE, E. GEMSER, K.A.P.M. LEMMINK and C. VISSCHER 72 System of tests used for assessing coordination abilities of soccer players 324M. SHESTAKOV, A. TALALAEV, A. ZUBKOVA, S. SAESANIA and A. LEKSAKOV 73 Sleep, pre-game fatigue, and game performance in female college soccer players 328V. MARTINEZ and E. COYLE 74 Sport motivation and self-efficacy in American football players 332M.C. ORUCU 75 Cognitive styles of elite and non-elite women soccer players 337 H. HORINO 76 The effect of memory recall on perceptual-cognitive skill in elite soccer: development of long term working memory 340 J. BELL-WALKER and A.M. WILLIAMS 77 The microstructure of effective practice: the nature of the instruction process in soccer 344 I.S. YATES and A.M. WILLIAMS 78 The microstructure of practice in soccer: a comparison of duration and frequency of practice 348 I.S. YATES and A.M. WILLIAMS PART X Social Sciences 353 79 A critical survey of football rating systems 355R.T. STEFANI, R. POLLARD and A.SECKIN 80 Provision of FIFA on government interference in administration of National football federations: Hindrances to full compliance in Africa 358 E.O. MORAKINYO 81 Research informing practice: implications of rule changes to modified Rugby League 363 D. O'CONNOR 82 Ticketing in 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup 368H. MAEDA 83 Career development process of youth soccer players in J-League Academy: case of career formation and career orientation 371 Y. IIDA, K. UEMUKAI and M.Y. YAMAMOTO 84 Youth development structures, philosophy and working mechanisms of top-level football clubs: a pan-European perspective 374 H. RELVAS, D. RICHARDSON, D. GILBOURNE and M. LITTLEWOOD Index 379
