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Champaign, IL—The beauty of soccer may begin with skill, but players who want to stay healthy and keep playing need to include strength training as part of their exercise regimen. Kirkendall, author of the forthcoming Soccer Anatomy (Human Kinetics, 2011), believes that most soccer players have a negative attitude toward strength training because it is done in a weight room and does not involve the ball. A regular program that uses systematic progression, such as a program developed with ...
The most common soccer injury is a contusion (bruise) when you get kicked, fall, or bumped. The top four time-loss soccer injuries are ankle sprains, knee sprains, hamstring strains, and groin strains. Sweat production is not the loss of heat; the evaporation of the sweat results in heat loss.
At its sides are the abdominal muscles, the spinal muscles, and the lumbodorsal fascia. Because of the limited locations for bony insertion for the lower abdominal muscles, portions of the muscles that wrap around the front attach to a tendon called the linea alba that runs from the sternum to the pelvis. The final abdominal muscle, the rectus abdominis, flexes the trunk and also helps perform lateral flexion and rotation.
The goal of whole-body activities is to prepare players for the strategic actions that will lead to success either in scoring or preventing goals. Some reports suggest that less skilled players suffer more injuries than do more highly skilled players. Head-to-head, elbow-to-head, ground-to-head, goalpost-to-head, or accidental ball-to-head impacts are dangerous.
Last month, Woods announced his first major endorsement deal since his downfall two years ago, an agreement with Rolex to become one of its ambassadors along with Gary Player, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, Rickie Fowler, Annika Sorenstam, and other notable golfers. For the first time since it launched its Tiger Woods PGA Tour video game franchise – and right in line with the current contests in Australia – EA Sports is putting the image of two different golfers ...
