Injury prevention in youth football (soccer): a comprehensive description of the development process of the ‘FUNBALL’ programme
Rilind Obërtinca, Tim Meyer, Karen aus der Fünten · 2024
Read Injury prevention in youth football (soccer): a comprehensive description of the development process of the ‘FUNBALL’ programme by Rilind Obërtinca, Tim Meyer, Karen aus der Fünten (2024) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11667392.txt.
Description
Rilind Obërtinca and co-authors describe how they built FUNBALL, an injury prevention program made for youth footballers. Adult programs exist and work, but young players had none of their own, and even proven programs fail when players quit them. Boredom and time pressure are the main killers. Their 2024 paper documents the full development process.
FUNBALL answers with pair-based competitive drills and constant ball work, to feel like football rather than physio. Each exercise category offers two choices, so coaches gain flexibility. Researchers who live in the game built it with the players and coaches who must use it. Sports medicine readers get a case study in designing for adherence first, then proving effect.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rilind Obërtinca, Tim Meyer, Karen aus der Fünten |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |