Science and Football VI: The Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress on Science and Football

This edited collection of the latest scientific research from the 6 th World Congress of Science and Football in Antalya, Turkey into the variety of sports known as football aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice related to these football games.

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