Biology of Sport

⚽ Does climate shape knee injuries in football?
✍️ Klačar et al. analysed 3,020 players across 5 leagues. Northern clubs had higher knee ligament injury frequency (p=0.013), but the effect was tiny (r=0.07).
Est. match injury incidence: 15.8/1,000 h
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Who should take the decisive penalty?
⚽ Amraoui et al examined 428 kicks in 43 shootouts. After the 5+1 rule in 2020, scoring rates fell from 71.4% to 67.0% in men's tournaments and from 74.4% to 61.4% in women's tournaments
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@moa_achilles

Do football matches ever demand the same?
⚽ Trapletti et al. tracked 252 players across 385 matches (2,317 observations). High-intensity demands varied more in women than men and youth than pros, supporting tailored training loads.
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Why train footballers to brake?
⚽ Galiano et al.: decelerations occur up to 2.9× more often than accelerations; lower-limb muscle forces reach ~3–5× body weight. Eccentric work may improve resilience.
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@josasian

Every minute counts?
Lu et al. found 24-h movement composition linked to FMS in 270 preschoolers. Reallocating 30 min from sedentary behaviour to MVPA was linked to around +3 total FMS points; locomotor gains were evident, too.
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