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How many of you read academic football papers?


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By Draupnir - 9 Sep 2015 8:17 PM

Hey guys. Lately I've been getting into the more analytical and academic side of things through the use of mainly journals. There's a bit of stuff that still goes over my head but thankfully I've worked in statistics in the past so it's not anything too crazy.

Anyway, just wondering whether any of you have some good recommendations about articles or journals in general? One of the more interesting I've read recently was in regards to Mourinho and his usage of the tactical periodisation system that was originally developed by the Portuguese sports scientist Vitor Frade (and as such people like Mourinho and Villas Boas use it).

Here's a link to the article. It isn't too in depth and gives a good overview of the system in general, though a bit vague in parts.
By Nathan96 - 18 Sep 2015 7:04 PM

Decentric wrote:
Nathan96 wrote:
Draupnir wrote:
I actually had a chance to get to the World Congress on Science and Football this year and I know they have uploaded the videos (again behind a paywall). I am thinking of heading over the next year's one which I think is in the UK somewhere.


Right! How was that? Would you recommend? I must confess I actually haven't heard of it before, but am nonetheless unsurprised.


Welcome to the forum.


Thanks mate. Have a thirst for knowledge and this looks likes a good place to sate it.

Draupnir wrote:
Amazing. It's great for networking even though most of the people there are in academia rather than practical jobs. I actually met a few guys who had gone to some Prozone courses together. I didn't have much of an idea about it outside of old Championship Manager games beforehand but when I looked it up it literally blew my mind.


Sounds good. I am a lover of stats and have always thought about trying to track down a Prozone course to do sometime.