Science and Football V

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Congress on Science and Football in Lisbon in 2003. The meeting was held under the aegis of the International Steering Group on Science and Football.

Thomas Reilly is Professor of Sports Science and Director of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. He is President of the World Commission of Science and Sports and the Chair of the Commission's Steering Group on Science and Football. Jan Cabri is Professor of Sport Physiology and Director of the Centre for Sports Physical Therapy at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Duarte Araújo is an Assistant at the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, and is a member of the Managing Council of the International Society for Sport Psychology.

PART I Introductory keynote address PART II Biomechanics and mechanics PART IV Performance analysis PART V Medical aspects of football PART VI Football training PART VII Paediatric exercise science PART VIII Physiology and nutrition PART IX Behavioural and social sciences