As massive as the 2014 FIFA World Cup was, 2014’s largest sports event also played host to the year’s most exciting technological introduction. And for once, soccer’s most important technological advancement had nothing to do with how to lighten a boot, how to magically spray down an injury, or how to more effectively sell beer, gambling, […]
Unlike other sports, soccer has taken some convincing to adjust to the technological times we live in. Where other sports benefit from using instant replay, it is still frowned upon in soccer. Goal-line technology began in the same way. Critics were outspoken against it whereas players were begging for it. Countless examples of ghost goals […]
An athlete’s functional state – the integration of the athlete’s cumulative responses to all external and internal stimuli – affects his potential to achieve maximum performance in both training and competition. For national soccer team coaches, the question is not “what is the athlete’s functional state” but “how bad is it?” The national team […]
Adidas has been using the latest research in energy transfer and motion control to deliver its newest soccer cleat releases, both set for this month: the adiZero F50 and the adiPower Phantom SL. The adiZero F50 family boasts the lightest shoe on the market, with the adiZero F50 Prime weighing in at just 5.1 oz. The […]
