World Cup
Every day during the 2010 Football World Cup Blackburn Rovers FC physiotherapist David Joyce will be writing an exclusive, daily blog for Peak Performance. David will be reporting on the events that unfold using his own unique sport science perspective, giving you something a little different to the usual journalistic reports you find on so many other sites. He'll look at the science and performance issues behind the stories and tell you, our huge community of athletes and coaches, what the top players are doing, how they do it - and how you can do it too.
2010 Football World Cup Round Up
Written by David Joyce on Mon, 2010-07-12 13:14
Can you believe that not even a month ago, the Royal Spanish Football Federation felt it necessary to issue a statement saying that Vincente Del Bosque would remain as coach, even if Spain didn’t make it through the group stages of the World Cup? Now he is being feted as the mastermind behind Spain being crowned the best team in the world. A month is clearly a long time in foo
World Cup Football Final Preview
Written by David Joyce on Sun, 2010-07-11 16:57
It’s hard to argue that the best two teams at this years World Cup are not the ones that will contest the final. Obviously Germany would have fair claims to be in the final as well. Not much more than a struck match was between the Joechim Loew’s young team and the final, but ultimately, Las Rojas prevailed in the semi final. Some would say that the Dutch had an ea
How to conduct a pre-transfer football medical
Written by David Joyce on Fri, 2010-07-09 11:07
It’s a fair bet that many millions of pounds / euros will be spent by European clubs on transfer fees as a result of performances in this World Cup. Each game is like an Argos catalogue for the hundreds of scouts that will be at each game. When a club likes the look of a player, they can make an official approach to them and their club. If things progress, the player wil
Recovery training part 2: plenty of rest and replenishment needed ahead of Sunday's World Cup final!
Written by David Joyce on Thu, 2010-07-08 12:52
At last the real Spain have finally turned up and what a time to do so! They passed Germany off the park last night and made them look like a shadow of the side that had stormed to the semi-finals. The Spanish have peaked at the perfect time and will now go into Sunday's final as firm favourites. However, now more than ever their recovery strategy has to be spot on.
Recovery training part 1: the challenges standing between the players and world cup success
Written by matt.renton on Wed, 2010-07-07 08:27
Last night the Dutch ground out another victory, seeing off the last of the South American resistance with a 3-2 win. The world now awaits the outcome of Spain vs. Germany to see who will face the Netherlands in Sunday's final.
The rise of performance analysis has led to a rise in football performance!
Written by David Joyce on Tue, 2010-07-06 08:20
We are about to enter the final furlong in this month-long festival of football. We have witnessed 60 matches and only have 4 to go. Most commentators and fans would agree that it whilst it has not necessarily been full of vintage performances, it has been one of the most intriguing tournaments in recent memory. There have been many upsets along the way (New Zealand holding re
Overtraining has led to several top players underperforming at the World Cup- they now require a thorough off-season rest
Written by David Joyce on Mon, 2010-07-05 10:15
At Rovers, our pre-season started this week. We were the first premiership club back, the aim being to get the jump on our rivals in terms of early season fitness. The boys completed double sessions (morning and afternoon) for the first 3 days before having a day off on Thursday, and today we headed off to Austria for our regular high altitude training camp.
Ghana's strength and speed not enough as Uruguay edge through
Written by David Joyce on Sat, 2010-07-03 08:24
Tragedy has struck the Ghana, with the Black Stars having just been eliminated following a piece of Uruguan goal line treachery. I have no particular allegiance to either side and so I started to barrack for Uruguay simply because they were a smaller nation (specious reasoning, I admit!) but my fickleness was uncovered when Sulley Muntari rifled in the opening goal and I abandoned my Mont
As the Football World Cup Quarter Finals loom what can the players do to maximise their chances of penalty shoot-out success?
Written by David Joyce on Thu, 2010-07-01 07:59
Paraguay and Japan brought about the only penalty shoot-out of the second round but as the tournament progresses and tensions mount you can be sure that more will follow.
We've previously discussed the science behind spot kicks, but what can each combatant do to maximise his chances of success?
Brazil looking like World Cup champions as Juan leaps to new heights!
Written by David Joyce on Tue, 2010-06-29 08:05
Gee, Brazil are starting to look ominous in this World Cup, aren’t they?
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