Athlete Development

Have you created the right performance environment for your athletes?
With 6 days to go to until we kick off the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup I found myself wondering about the past few months of preparation for the teams and athletes taking part. With players having been dispersed all around the world involved with their various clubs, I started...
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Theories

The effect of anxiety on world cup penalty shootouts.
Many international footballers have missed penalties in FIFA World Cups over the years. Whether it be Italy’s Roberto Baggio in the 1994 final; or Frank Lampard in the 2006 quarter...
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Physiology

The effects of heat on sport performance
Heat stress from the environment can be detrimental to sporting performance, challenging the limits of the human cardiovascular system, temperature regulation and altering body fluid balance (Samuel et al., 2010)....
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Applied Sport Psychology

Practising penalties - Necessary or pointless?
Gareth Southgate: “I’ve only taken one penalty before, for Crystal Palace at Ipswich. It was 2-2 in the 89th minute, I hit the post and we went down that year...
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Physiology

Cognition and hydration in warmer climates
The human body constitutes approximately 60% water which is a key component of every cell contained within it. Hydration is key to keeping performance optimal in any environment but especially...
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Theories

Brazil 2014: Penalty Shootouts: They’re just a lottery... right?
So for once, England's fate will  not be decided by penalties in the World Cup. Their early exit at the group stage has saved as the agony of the dreaded penalty shootout,...
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Athlete Development

Brazil 2014: Coaching style - how can it influence the World Cup results?
England has during the last World Cups experienced different styles of coaching. Sven Gøran Eriksson applied his democratic coaching style on the English stars, getting critique for not being able...
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News

Brazil 2014: Control and rising to the occasion
With arguably the World’s most prestigious event on our doorstep, it will be the team who hold their nerve and rise to the occasion which will lift the World Cup....
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Theories

Brazil 2014: Home Advantage – Does it count?
The World Cup 2014 is upon us and all eyes will be on the host nation Brazil. The purpose of this article is to outline the concept of ‘home advantage.’...
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Team Building

Is an autocratic style of coaching more effective than a democratic one?
We’ve all seen it or heard about it – stories of top football coaches shouting, throwing things all in the name of getting the best out of their players. From...
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