The importance of measuring body composition in professional football players: A commentary

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Author
Mills, Claire
De Ste Croix, Mark
Cooper, Stephen-Mark
Date
2017-04-18Acceptance date
2017-04-17
Type
Article
Publisher
Openventio
ISSN
2379-6375 (ESSN)
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Professional football players are not considered to be excessively fat, but there is continuous
pressure made by managers, coaches and physiotherapists to monitor player’s body
composition to help reach optimal performance potential. Consequently, it is not uncommon
for sport scientists to assume responsibility for monitoring and managing their players’ body
composition over the playing season. As body fat is one of the main factors affecting body
composition, the knowledge and understanding of whole body density and how it inluences
the body could be useful to quantify the effectiveness of a prescribed training programme and/
or optimal performance potential.
Journal/conference proceeding
Sports and Exercise Medicine
Citation
Mills, C.D, De Ste Croix, M.B. and Cooper, Stephen-Mark (2017) 'The importance of measuring body composition in professional football players: A commentary' Sport and Exercise Medicine - Open Journal, 3 (1) pp. 24-29
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This article was published open access in Sport and Exercise Medicine - Open Journal on 18 April 2017 available at http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/SEMOJ-3-144
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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