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Is a Dominant Service-Centric Sector Good for Diversity of Provision? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
An obvious assumption underpinning the immense interest in service-oriented computing is that it is an inherently Good Thing, by which we mean that robust processes and tools for developing service-based systems will bring benefits for service providers ...
Hutchinson, J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Actions Speak Louder than Goals: Valuing Player Actions in Soccer [PDF]

open access: yesKnowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2018
Assessing the impact of the individual actions performed by soccer players during games is a crucial aspect of the player recruitment process. Unfortunately, most traditional metrics fall short in addressing this task as they either focus on rare actions
Tom Decroos   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unlocking the potential of big data to support tactical performance analysis in professional soccer: A systematic review

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Sport Science, 2020
In professional soccer, increasing amounts of data are collected that harness great potential when it comes to analysing tactical behaviour. Unlocking this potential is difficult as big data challenges the data management and analytics methods commonly ...
F. Goes   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of intermittent negative pressure and active recovery therapies in the post-match period in elite soccer players: A randomized, parallel arm, comparative study

open access: yesBiomedical Human Kinetics, 2020
Study aim: This study compared the effects of intermittent negative pressure therapy (INPT) vs. active recovery therapy (ART) on post-match physiological parameters such as serum CK level and skin temperature of the lower limbs in elite soccer players.
Maior Alex Souto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the development of a soccer player performance rating system for the English premier league [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The EA Sports Player Performance Index is a rating system for soccer players used in the top two tiers of soccer in England—the Premier League and the Championship.
Folker, DE, McHale, IG, Scarf, PA
core   +1 more source

Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality among Former Professional Soccer Players.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND Neurodegenerative disorders have been reported in elite athletes who participated in contact sports. The incidence of neurodegenerative disease among former professional soccer players has not been well characterized.
D. Mackay   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sport officiating recruitment, development, and retention

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Sport Science, 2017
The purpose of this article is to report on the outcome of a two-day consensus-building exercise amongst sport scientists and sport practitioners interested in the recruitment, development, and retention of sport officials.  Twenty participants including
Lori A. Livingston   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV knowledge, risky behaviours and public health care services attendance among adolescents from the Grassroot soccer Zimbabwe programme

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Interventions aimed at improving accessing of health care services, including HIV testing, remain a priority in global HIV eradication efforts.
Mayibongwe Louis Mzingwane   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sprint versus isolated eccentric training: Comparative effects on hamstring architecture and performance in soccer players

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Aims The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of hamstring eccentric (NHE) strength training versus sprint training programmed as complements to regular soccer practice, on sprint performance and its mechanical underpinnings, as well as ...
J. Mendiguchia   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Player Sex and Playing Surface Are Individual Predictors of Injuries in Professional Soccer Players

open access: yesPathophysiology, 2022
Background: The factors contributing to soccer injuries and their influence on the occurrence of injury are controversial and inconclusive. This study aimed to determine the association between player characteristics and playing factors with injuries in ...
Zakariya H. Nawasreh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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