This collection investigates hot topics related to sports performance,
that is, the match analysis, the training loads, the physical performance, the
anthropometric characteristics and the recovery strategies in outfield and
goalkeeper soccer players. In addition, this book analyzes the influence of
contextual variables and initial players’ level on the athletes’
performances. Thus, coach staff could find relevant information and
practical approaches to include in the soccer training processes.
Furthermore, a systematic review of how periodize the training loads
troughout a mycrocicle is written to understand the training process
substantially. Additionally, this collection focuses on the methodology of
muscle force of volleyball players as well as a relevant topic, which could
apply to any sports modality, such as the flexibility interventions and
protocols to optimize the athletes’’ sports performance. Thus, physical
trainers of different sports could learn some strategies to enhance the sports
performance of their athletes. Finally, considering that cycling is one the
most practiced sports around the world, two chapters are prepared to bring
both the amateur and professional practioners towards novel sport
perspectives. Therefore, one chapter is based on leisure cycling and
women’s participation in Scotland, and another chapter is developed to
improve the saffle height configuration of cyclists to achieve better
performance
