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Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players

Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL 2018, VOL. 2, NO. 3, 171–172 https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2018.1493047 EDITORIAL Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players Currently, the world is looking to Russia, where 736 players are For instance, we know very little about the development of striving for becoming world champions in football (soccer). pre-pubertal kids from their start in football up to the adult This event dominates the reporting in mass media and is (elite) level, particularly regarding prospectively followed inter- associated with considerable economic interests. In addition, actions of training and biological maturation. We need to know an enormous amount of children is watching the games, more about the long-term development of young players, parti- thereby admiring their favorite players and desiring to cularly from a health (not necessarily a performance) perspec- become one of the next generation heroes. tive. As previous injury is likely a main risk factor for future Professionals make up clearly less than 1% of organized injuries (Emery 2003), it is interesting whether injury prevention football players worldwide. Children are the largest part of the starting at an early age (Rossler et al. 2018) is an appropriate http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Science and Medicine in Football Taylor & Francis

Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players

Faude, Oliver
Science and Medicine in Football , Volume 2 (3): 2 – Jul 3, 2018
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Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players

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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL 2018, VOL. 2, NO. 3, 171–172 https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2018.1493047 EDITORIAL Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players Currently, the world is looking to Russia, where 736 players are For instance, we know very little about the development of striving for becoming world champions in football (soccer). pre-pubertal kids from their start in football up to the adult This event dominates the...
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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL 2018, VOL. 2, NO. 3, 171–172 https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2018.1493047 EDITORIAL Back to the roots in football science. Why it might be smart to invest in the youngest players Currently, the world is looking to Russia, where 736 players are For instance, we know very little about the development of striving for becoming world champions in football (soccer). pre-pubertal kids from their start in football up to the adult This event dominates the reporting in mass media and is (elite) level, particularly regarding prospectively followed inter- associated with considerable economic interests. In addition, actions of training and biological maturation. We need to know an enormous amount of children is watching the games, more about the long-term development of young players, parti- thereby admiring their favorite players and desiring to cularly from a health (not necessarily a performance) perspec- become one of the next generation heroes. tive. As previous injury is likely a main risk factor for future Professionals make up clearly less than 1% of organized injuries (Emery 2003), it is interesting whether injury prevention football players worldwide. Children are the largest part of the starting at an early age (Rossler et al. 2018) is an appropriate

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