Science in Soccer

Warren Gregson is Professor of Exercise Physiology in the Football Exchange and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University and currently Head of Sports Science at Aspire Academy and the Qatar Football Association. Over the last two decades he has conducted extensive research in the areas of match analysis, training and recovery whilst serving as a performance consultant to elite clubs, national federations and key industry stakeholders. Dr Martin Littlewood is a Reader in Performance Psychology and Head of the Football Exchange at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. He has been a BASES Accredited Applied Practitioner for 15 years and has acted as a consultant in a number of Premier League clubs during this period supporting Academy and 1st teams. His research interests focus on a range of topics within the area of performance psychology and the applied translation into practice.

Foreword by Sir Alex Ferguson
Foreword by Stuart Baxter

Introduction

PART 1
Chapter 1: Shaping the Performance Culture
Chapter 2: Delivering Applied Sports Psychology Support in Professional Football Academies
Chapter 3: Sports Psychology Support at First-Team Levels in the English Premier League

PART 2
Chapter 4: Physical Preparation of Elite Soccer Players
Chapter 5: Prevention with Treatment and Rehabilitation
Chapter 6: Fitness Assessment in Football
Chapter 7: Monitoring Player Load and Fatigue Status
Chapter 8: Nutrition for Soccer

PART 3
Chapter 9: The Development of Players
Chapter 10: Performance Analysis in Professional Football

PART 4
Chapter 11: Practitioner Reflections from Industry

Postscript
Index