

The first scientific study on injury prevention in football was Jan Ekstrand’s thesis published in the 1980s 3. This paper presents the theoretical background, the development, scientific evaluation, implementation and dissemination strategies of FIFA’s injury prevention programme (‘FIFA 11+’) in order to provide a model of how an international sports governing body can make its sport safer.ĭEVELOPMENT OF INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMMES In 1994, FIFA founded its Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) to create and disseminate scientific knowledge on various medical topics in football, to reduce football injuries and thus to promote football as a health-enhancing leisure activity 2. The medical treatment of football related injuries can have a significant socio-economic impact in terms of related healthcare costs 1. While football can be considered a healthy leisure activity, as a contact team sport, it also entails a certain risk of injury. – Written by Mario Bizzini, Switzerland, Matthias Eiles, Germany, Mark Fulcher, New Zealand, Zohreh Haratian, Iran and Jiri Dvorak, Switzerlandįootball is the most popular sport in the world and is played at an amateur or recreational level by almost 300 million people. Request for a refund must be made in writing to Requests for a refund must be made within 60 days of hiring your assistant coach.Injury prevention in football and the Fifa 11+Ī model for international sports federations?.If you are not satisfied my assistance helps you and your team perform to a higher level, we will refund you 110% of the costs of your assistant coach service. Request for a refund must be made in writing to Requests for a refund must be made within 30 days of your workshop.If you are not satisfied our workshop helps to improve your coaching performance, we will refund you 110% of the costs of your performance review. Request for a refund must be made in writing to Requests for a refund must be made within 30 days of your mentoring session.If you are not satisfied the mentoring provided helps to improve your coaching performance, we will refund you 110% of the costs of your performance review. Request for a refund must be made in writing to Requests for a refund must be made within 30 days of receiving your performance report.If you are not satisfied the feedback provided to you in your performance review helps you improve your coaching performance, we will refund you 110% of the costs of your performance review. Request for a refund must be made in writing to Requests for a refund must be made within 45 days of initial enrolment into the course.If you are not satisfied the online course has given you the knowledge to improve your coaching, we will refund you 110% of the course price. For example, if you purchased a product that was discounted by $20 because you were a Gold member, that $20 will be deducted from your refund, ie $39.99 x 110% – $20 = $23.99 refund.

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