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The British Columbia Soccer has teamed up with Soccer Science International to ensure the good health of players and maximize their fitness. Soccer Science International provides soccer specific education, instruction, and training that promotes injury prevention and maximizes players’ physical potential in the sport of soccer.
All articles written by Rick Celebrini and printed in the Province are now available on line. Click on the links below.
Rick Celebrini is a former Vancouver 86er captain, one of the founding physiotherapists of Soccer Science International, and is the sport science consultant of the British Columbia Soccer Association's technical committee.
The focus of Soccer Science is in the formation of a training program that addresses the prevention of soccer related injuries while enhancing player performance. BC Soccer's Soccer Science program is based on an extensive literature review on the incidences, mechanisms, contributing factors, and present/previous prevention strategies of soccer related injuries, augmented with its own research and its members' clinical and playing experience. This exercise program will be implemented across a broad demographic including players of different ages, sexes and skill levels to determine long-term outcomes and the effectiveness of the program in both the prevention of injuries and the enhancement of performance.
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It looks like grass, it feels like grass – it ain’t grass! By now, most players have played on the synthetic turf fields popping up all over the lower mainland. While this new development in field surfaces has many benefits, especially in terms of durability, has created a host of new concerns. |
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I have seen a wide spectrum of injuries as a result of the nature and composition of this surface. Most alarming of these is what appears to be an increasing incidence of knee injuries. This is despite claims that there are not more injuries per hours played.
The risk of injury on this surface is greatest when the blades and the rubber pack down, and the field is wet. A player is then forced to wear some type of stud to keep his/her footing. This can create a situation wherein the player plants a foot, the cleats dig into the rubber, and the foot now becomes a fixed point. As the body and leg continue to move, the torque produced through the knee may be sufficient to tear some of its major ligaments.
Some key points when playing on this surface:
- Footwear: use a boot with the greatest number and smallest size of cleats. Blades are especially dangerous on this surface (it is far better to slip than to stick)
- Three step deceleration: during training and warm-up, consciously work on quick feet, including a 3 step deceleration when stopping, vs. a sudden plant.
- Field maintenance: monitor how often the field is being defibrillated, this reverses the packing down of the field components.
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