Modern sport depends on research and the advancement of science in order to achieve increments in performance and health promotion. This is particularly true for football, which is the most popular sport in the world.
Frontiers in Frontiers in Physiology and in Sport and Active Living recognize the importance of strength and conditioning in football and the necessity to facilitate debate and discussion amongst the sport science community.
This Research Topic entitled 'Strength and Conditioning in football. Driving physical performance through research and innovation' aims to highlight themes that foster debate and discussion in the high-performance football industry.
The aim of this Research Topic is to publish a series of studies reporting the latest methodological advancements in the use of strength and conditioning for football. We are interested in innovative strength and conditioning exercises aiming to enhance adaptive responses as well as studies that elucidate how to better implement innovative technologies into strength training protocols.
The editors of this Research Topic believe that more research is needed to add information and knowledge about the physiological mechanisms and adaptations that can be obtained with strength training in football players (with a particular focus on youth and female populations) as well as their utilization in ecological contexts (with professional male and female players), which could decisively support the spread of strength and conditioning training modalities in applied settings. Moreover, we encourage the submission of research investigating the effect on training protocols on injury prevention and return to play. We also encourage the submission of studies reporting negative results and replication studies. Lastly, narrative, scoping review and systematic reviews on associated topics are welcomed.
• Physiological mechanisms and adaptations related to strength and conditioning exercises
• Studies investigating youth and female populations
• Strength and conditioning protocols used in ecological contexts with professional players
• Research investigating the effect on training protocols on injury prevention and return to play
• Studies reporting negative results and replication studies
• Narrative, scoping review and systematic reviews
Modern sport depends on research and the advancement of science in order to achieve increments in performance and health promotion. This is particularly true for football, which is the most popular sport in the world.
Frontiers in Frontiers in Physiology and in Sport and Active Living recognize the importance of strength and conditioning in football and the necessity to facilitate debate and discussion amongst the sport science community.
This Research Topic entitled 'Strength and Conditioning in football. Driving physical performance through research and innovation' aims to highlight themes that foster debate and discussion in the high-performance football industry.
The aim of this Research Topic is to publish a series of studies reporting the latest methodological advancements in the use of strength and conditioning for football. We are interested in innovative strength and conditioning exercises aiming to enhance adaptive responses as well as studies that elucidate how to better implement innovative technologies into strength training protocols.
The editors of this Research Topic believe that more research is needed to add information and knowledge about the physiological mechanisms and adaptations that can be obtained with strength training in football players (with a particular focus on youth and female populations) as well as their utilization in ecological contexts (with professional male and female players), which could decisively support the spread of strength and conditioning training modalities in applied settings. Moreover, we encourage the submission of research investigating the effect on training protocols on injury prevention and return to play. We also encourage the submission of studies reporting negative results and replication studies. Lastly, narrative, scoping review and systematic reviews on associated topics are welcomed.
• Physiological mechanisms and adaptations related to strength and conditioning exercises
• Studies investigating youth and female populations
• Strength and conditioning protocols used in ecological contexts with professional players
• Research investigating the effect on training protocols on injury prevention and return to play
• Studies reporting negative results and replication studies
• Narrative, scoping review and systematic reviews
