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Football/Soccer

Physiology of football: profile of the game

Ross · 12 Jun 2010 ·

A football result is determined by the interaction of too many factors to even quantify (this is why coaches are paid big money – their job is to quantify and then optimize them!).  Skill levels, strategy, opposition strategy, individual match-ups all contribute to the final result.  Each player has a (very) limited time to impact […]

FIFA 2010 World Cup: Introducing the Science of Football

Ross · 07 Jun 2010 ·

There are so many sub-plots around the 2010 World Cup that we could just as well have started a website dedicated to them!  For the next 4 weeks, the focus of the world will be on South Africa, the proud host of the world’s largest single sporting event. Many of the stories that will rise […]

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