English Premier League 2009–2010 Fixtures Out!!

Hi readers,
The English Premier League 2009–2010 Fixtures had been announced on 17 June 2009. Premier League champions Manchester United will begin title defense at home to newly promoted Birmingham on Aug 15. The 1st gameweek of English Premier League 2009/2010 is as below.
Saturday, August 15 2009Aston Villa – Wigan Athletic (15.00)Blackburn Rovers – Manchester City (15.00)Bolton Wanderers – Sunderland (15.00)Chelsea – Hull City (15.00)Everton – Arsenal (15.00)Manchester United – Birmingham City (15.00)Portsmouth – Fulham (15.00)Stoke City – Burnley (15.00)Tottenham Hotspur – Liverpool (15.00)Wolverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United (15.00)
The full fixture of English Premier League 2009/2010 is available for download here. The other team fixtures are available are Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.
Download Manchester United English Premier League 2009/2010 fixtures here
Download Arsenal English Premier League 2009/2010 fixtures here
Download Liverpool English Premier League 2009/2010 fixtures here
Download Chelsea English Premier League 2009/2010 fixtures here

2009-2010 Premier League Table Predictions

It’s that time of the year for you, the readers, and me to post the predictions for the final table of the 2009-2010 Premier League season before a ball has been kicked.
In some ways, I hope that the predictions are completely wrong. At least then we can say that the Premier League is unpredictable. But somehow I have a feeling that the top four will finish similarly to how they did last season when I predicted Liverpool would win the title
Except this season I’m predicting a new Premier League title winner.
Drumroll, please. Here’s my prediction for the final 2009/2010 Premier League table:
Liverpool
Manchester United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Everton
Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Fulham
Wigan Athletic
West Ham United
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City
Birmingham City
Burnley—————————————
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hull City
Portsmouth
I really feel that Chelsea have a lot to prove this season and that this season will be their year. It’s a combination of things. Didier Drogba looks like a man reborn. There’s a renewed sense of optimism throughout the team under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti. And the club has been buoyed by the addition of Yuri Zhirkov, the gifted left winger. Bottom line, this is a Chelsea side desperate to win the title again and based on how they’ve been playing this summer, I believe they can do it.
Elsewhere in the table, I don’t see many meteoric rises or falls. Manchester City will suffer from its inconsistency despite having a forward line that most Premier League chairmen would dream about.
At the bottom of the table, unless miracles happen, Portsmouth are going to have a very difficult time both on and off the pitch. The psychological impact of losing several first-team players in the summer will take months to repair. The battle at the bottom of the table is going to be more heated than usual this season. Other than Portsmouth, I see Wolves and Hull City dropping back to the Championship. It’s going to be an almost impossible task to overturn Hull City’s disastrous run of form, while Wolves will have a tough time scoring goals despite the addition of Kevin Doyle from Reading.

Nutrition advice for Football Players

While the average distance covered by a top-class outfield player during a 90-minute match is over 10,000m, at an average speed of over 7km per hour, these figures do not accurately represent the full demands placed on a player. In addition to running, a player must jump, change direction, tackle, accelerate and decelerate, etc., and each of these individual tasks requires an energy input over and above that required simply to cover a similar distance at a constant speed. Scientific investigation has shown that the true demands on a player can be approximated at roughly 70%VO2max. This is based on evidence of heart rate, sweat loss, increase in body temperature, and depletion of carbohydrate stores within the muscles (intramuscular glycogen).

Nutrition

Every club expects the players to train, but it hardly seems worthwhile insisting on this if the opportunities offered by good nutrition are neglected. One of the key areas where nutrition can have a direct impact on performance is in the area of hydration. There is good evidence that players who become dehydrated are more susceptible to the negative effects of fatigue, including loss of performance and increased risk of injury. There is also growing evidence that excessive sweat losses, especially high salt losses, can be a factor in some of the muscle cramps that affect players in training and competition.

Recently, however, a number of clubs have recognised that hydration is important and that no single strategy suits all players in all environments. This has led to an assessment of individual needs so that a personal drinking strategy can be put in place. This practice appears to have gained ground in American football, where pre-season training typically takes place in extreme heat and involves two sessions per day. In recent years, a number of high-profile fatalities, including that of Korey Stringer in the NFL, have raised the awareness of what can happen when things go seriously wrong. Several of the top English football clubs now have monitoring strategies in place.

front-run·ner

front-run·ner also front·run·ner (frntrnr)

n.
–noun

1.	a person who leads in any competition.

2.	an entrant in a race who breaks to the front immediately and establishes the pace for the field.

3.	an entrant in a race who performs well only when ahead of the field.

Truly madly deeply

sinceramente como loco profundamente le adora nurdiyana-spanish
정말 미치게 깊이 당신을 nurdiyana 사랑하십시오-korean
偽りなく猛烈に深くnurdiyana愛しなさい-japanese
aimez-vraiment follement profondément vous nurdiyana-french
profondamente amilo allineare pazzo nurdiyana-italian
echt gek diep liefde u nurdiyana-dutch
поистине сумашедше глубоки полюбите вас nurdiyana-russian

for you Nurdiyana..

Take a breath I pull myself together Just another step until I reach the door You’ll never know the way it tears me up inside to see you
I wish that I could tell you something and take it all away
Sometimes I wish I could save you And there’s so many things that I want you to know
I won’t give up till it’s over If it takes you forever I want you to know
When I hear your voice It's drowning into whispers You're just skin and bones There’s nothing left to take No matter what I do I can’t make you feel better
If only I could find the answer To help me understand
That if you fall, stumble down I’ll pick you up off the ground If you lose faith in you I’ll give you strength to pull through Tell me you won't give up cause I’ll be waitingOh you know I’ll be there for you

Soccer nutrition

Do you work hard but don't eat right? Research has shown that soccer players that eat right tend to do significantly better in certain aspects of a game. Proper sports nutrition combined with excellent training habits will boost your game to the top. Invest the time and energy into moving your game to the next level.

Soccer nutrition consists of the proper mix of nutrients. You must eat lots of carbohydrates in soccer nutrition. Trying to play soccer on a low carbohydrate diet could result in fatigue setting in much sooner than you want. Another part of soccer nutrition is to eat proteins and fats. Just try to keep to the healthy type of all types of food as much as possible. Skip good soccer nutrition and you results in games could be diminished significantly.

4-5-1

4-5-1 could be seen as a defensive formation, however if the two midfield wingers play a more attacking role it can be likened to 4-3-3. The formation can be used to grind out 0-0 draws or preserve a lead, as the packing of the centre midfield makes it difficult for the opposition to build-up play. Because of the 'closeness' of the midfield, the opposing team's forwards will often be starved of possession. However, due to the lone striker, the centre of the midfield does have the responsibility of pushing forward as well. The defensive midfielder will often control the pace of the game. A modification of this formation is also used by José Mourinho's Chelsea F.C. side. This modified version is the 4-1-4-1 where only one striker is used and the wingers are given the responsibility of moving the ball forward and attacking. A holding midfielder is also positioned in front of the back four. This provides freedom for the rest of the team to move forward and attack as the defense will be "protected" by the holding midfielder.

Teams that used this formation

* Norwegian national team with great success in the early/mid-90s.
* Liverpool FC, 2005 UEFA Champions League winner (with Steven Gerrard as the playmaker of the team)
* Arsenal FC, frequently during the 2005-2006 season with Cesc Fabregas as a playmaker and henry as the lone striker
* Italy, 2006 FIFA World Cup winners
* Olympique Lyonnais, Ligue 1 Winners 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06

4-3-3

The 4-3-3 was a development of the 4-2-4, and was played by the Brazilian national team in the 1962 World Cup. The extra player in midfield allowed a stronger defense, and the midfield could be staggered for different effects. The three midfielders normally play closely together to protect the defense, and move laterally across the field as a coordinated unit. The three forwards split across the field to spread the attack, and are expected to "tackle back". When used from the start of a game, this formation is widely regarded as encouraging defensive play, and should not be confused with the practice of modifying a 4-4-2 by bringing on an extra forward to replace a midfield player when behind in the latter stages of a game.

Teams that used this formation

* Brazil national team, winners 1962 FIFA World Cup
* Feyenoord in winning the 1970 European Cup
* Juventus F.C., Serie A Winners 1994/95 and UEFA Champions League Winners 1995/96
* Rosenborg B.K. of Norway, during all of their 13-in-a-row league wins, and 10 seasons in the UEFA Champions League
* All the teams coached by Zdeněk Zeman
* Chelsea FC, Premiership Winners 2004/05 2005/06
* Olympique Lyonnais, Ligue 1 Winners 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
* Brøndby I.F., SAS Liga Winners 2004/05 and runners up 2002/03, 2003/04 and 2005/06

Liverpool fans. . .don't be scared !

Alot of fans seem to be thinking the match versus Chelsea is a bad draw. It isn't the easiest draw, but we have beaten them twice already(both times dominating them totally) and I think the winner of the match will beat Barca, who are a over-rated team.

Even there heart and sole Frank Lampard said this in an interview after their win against Juventus. "Well now we will look foward to the Qtr Final draw, but I hope we don't bump into Liverpool again, as they seem to be a force in Europe" and also said "When you look around at who is left in the competition there is not a team you would say you fancy playing," said Lampard. "Maybe Liverpool don't want to play us either and, to be honest, we are all a bit fed-up of that one. If fate says it should happen then so be it, but I think we would all be happy avoiding it."

So we should be feeling happy !

Fixtures

Sunday, 22 March 2009

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool v Aston Villa, 16:00

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Saturday, 04 April 2009

Barclays Premier League

Fulham v Liverpool, 17:30

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Wednesday, 08 April 2009

UEFA Champions League

Liverpool v Chelsea, QF, L1, 19:45

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Saturday, 11 April 2009

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool v Blackburn, 15:00

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Tuesday, 14 April 2009

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea v Liverpool, (agg 0-0), QF, L2, 19:45

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Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool v Arsenal, 20:00

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Saturday, 25 April 2009

Barclays Premier League

Hull v Liverpool, 15:00

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Saturday, 02 May 2009

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool v Newcastle, 15:00

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Saturday, 09 May 2009

Barclays Premier League

West Ham v Liverpool, 15:00

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Saturday, 16 May 2009

Barclays Premier League

West Brom v Liverpool, 15:00

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Sunday, 24 May 2009

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool v Tottenham, 16:00

5 Tips to Juggle Like the Pros

• Keep your toe down and ankle locked, and try to hit the ball with the laces of your shoe.
• Start with the ball in your hand, drop it to your dominant foot and hit it back into your hands. Then you can try to hit it twice with your dominant foot. Keep progressing.
• Once you're comfortable just using your dominant foot, try alternating feet.
• Set goals for yourself. Try to get five touches without using your hands by the end of the week. Once you reach that, go for 10 the next week.
• Practice! Hard work gets results.

Footballers ankle

This is a curious little development in the ankle of soccer players. In a couple of bones around the complex geometry of the ankle, a bone spur develops that can lead to pain when performing an instep kick. It is found right at the top of the instep. Why should this hurt? This spur can be right under the tendon that leads to the big toe. Perform an instep kick and the ball compresses the tendon onto this sharp little spur on the underlying bone, leading to pain. No one is really sure why this develops.

UCL Draw

QUARTER-FINALS: Ties to be played April 7/8 & 14/15

Villarreal v Arsenal

Manchester United v FC Porto

Liverpool v Chelsea

Barcelona v Bayern Munich

SEMI-FINALS: Ties to be played April 28/29 and May 5/6

Manchester United or FC Porto v Villarreal or Arsenal

Barcelona or Bayern Munich v Liverpool or Chelse

2008/09 UEFA Champions League quarter-final lineup Club

Arsenal FC	England
Chelsea FC	England
FC Barcelona	Spain
FC Bayern München	Germany
FC Porto	Portugal
Liverpool FC	England
Manchester United FC	England
Villarreal CF	Spain

Pemain Paling Bekerja Keras

Menjadi bintang bolasepak tidak semestinya anda akan selesa di atas padang tanpa perlu mengeluarkan titik peluh yang banyak. Pemain-pemain hebat di Eropah kebanyakkannya bermain bermatian di atas padang berjuang untuk kemenangan TANPA MENGIRA STATUS BINTANG MEREKA.

Semangat sebegini harus diteladani pemain-pemain Malaysia. Pemain-pemain hebat ini seolah-olah akan bersatu jiwa dengan bola bila bola berada di kaki mereka. Berlari segenap padang untuk mendapatkan bola.

Pemain-pemain yang disenaraikan antara paling bekerja keras adalah seperti Alfredo Di Stefano, Josef Masopust, Dave Mackay, Giacinto Facchetti, Berti Vogts, Johan Cruyff, Toninho Cerezo, Ivan Zamorano dan Luis Enrique. Mereka semua ini legenda.

Sekarang kita boleh lihat kesungguhan pemain seperti Gennaro Gattuso, Daniele De Rossi, Jakub Blaszczykowski, Torsten Frings, Dirk Kuyt dan Carlos Tevez yang hampir mengharungi setiap penjuru padang. Kita boleh lihat juga bagaimana Rooney berlari dari bawah mendapatkan bola walaupun beliau seorang penyerang ataupun Gerrard yang hampir tak pernah berhenti berlari sepanjang perlawanan.

Demikianlah beberapa nama yang dikenal pasti. Seharusnya menjadi ikutan kepada pemain-pemain negara kita. Yang semestinya ramai lagi pemain-pemain antarabangsa yang bermain bersunguh-sungguh untuk pasukan masing-masing. Kerana apa? Kerana semangat dan kerana wang juga mungkin..

Bola Sepak Malaysia - Di Mana Silapnya?

Dengan berakhirnya cita-cita rakyat Malaysia untuk melihat sekurang-kurangnya skuad bola sepak Malaysia memberikan cabaran untuk layak ke Piala Dunia baru-baru ini, sekali lagi kita diajak untuk berfikir mengenai realiti bola sepak di negara kita. Di manakah puncanya prestasi skuad negara dari hari ke hari semakin merudum? Negara-negara lain yang suatu masa dahulu kecut dengan kejaguhan skuad kita, semakin lama semakin jauh meninggalkan Malaysia terutamanya dari segi ranking. Skuad negara kita kini berada di kedudukan ke 166 dunia dengan jumlah kedudukan keseluruhan ialah sebanyak 200. Bermakna kita hanya tinggal 34 tempat sahaja lagi untuk menghuni tempat tercorot dalam ‘ranking dunia’. (Sumber: Laman Web Rasmi Fifa)

Dengan berlakunya perubahan tampuk pimpinan FAM(Malaysia Football Association) baru-baru ini, kelibat muka baru iaitu Khairy Jamaluddin berjaya memegang jawatan Timbalan Presiden FAM. Selaku seorang ahli politik yang mula terkenal kerana program MyTeam, Khairy dilihat mempunyai bakat dan kepimpinan untuk menaikkan semula martabat bola sepak Malaysia di mata dunia.

Permulaan bagi Khairy agak memberangsangkan dengan skuad bawah 23 tahun Malaysia berjaya menjuarai Piala Merdeka. Pada ketika ini, rakyat Malaysia seakan diberi sedikit harapan untuk terus percaya yang skuad bola sepak negara akan kembali bangkit. Namun begitu ternyata kemenangan pada Kejohanan Piala Merdeka tidak dapat dilihat sebagai satu tanda kebangkitan apabila Malaysia tewas mudah kepada Bahrain dalam pusingan kelayakan Piala Dunia.

Di manakah sebenarnya silap bola sepak negara kita? Adakah dari segi pentadbiran? Ataupun dari segi komitmen pemain-pemain kebangsaan kita sendiri? Mungkinkah jurulatih skuad negara yang sering bertukar ganti selama ini tidak cukup bagus untuk membawa kita selangkah lebih baik? Adakah kerana kurangnya sokongan daripada rakyat Malaysia sendiri?

Kita mampu untuk menunding jari menyalahkan orang lain atas permasalahan yang menimpa skuad Harimau Malaya ini. Rakyat menyalah pemain yang kurang komitmen, pemain menyalahkan jurulatih yang kurang berkemampuan dan pihak pengurusan pula menyalahkan rakyat yang tidak memberi sokongan kepada skuad negara. Selagi kita tidak berganding bahu serta berhenti menyalahkan sesama sendiri selagi itulah skuad bola sepak Malaysia akan berada di takuk ini.

Selagi ada kemahuan selagi itu ada jalan. Marilah kita sama-sama mengembalikan zaman kegemilangan bola sepak Malaysia. Bagaiamana caranya? Sama-samalah kita fikirkan. Majulah bola sepak untuk negara.

FAKTA MENARIK

Fakta 1
1.SENARAI BOLA SEPAK TERKAYA
Dari majalah FOUR FOUR TWO
Roman Abramovich turun ketempat ketiga pada F.F.T. Rich List

- Pemilik Chelsea, billionaire Roman Abramovich telah diturunkan dari puncak Senarai Bola sepak Terkaya (Football Rich List), diterbitkan pada hari Rabu (Jan 7 2009) didalam edaran terbaru majalah FourFourTwo di UK.

- Abramovich telah kehilangan £3bn pada kemelesetan dan sekarang bernilai £7bn. Itu kekurangan separuh kekayaan orang baru di tempat teratas senarai, pemilik Manchester City iaitu Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, yang mana dianggarkan bernilai £15bn.

- Mereka yang disenaraikan di "Football Rich List" yang keenam ini, diselidiki dan diterbitkan secara tahunan oleh FourFourTwo, adalah berjumlah £61billion. Senarai ini termasuk 11 billionaires dan 25 kemasukan baru.

- Sungguhpun terdapat kemasukan baru ini adalah orang luar -seperti Sheikh Mansour dan yang terbaru di No.2 iaitu Lakshmi Mittal, yang telah bersama usahawan Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone dan Flavio Briatore untuk melabur di QPR – hanya satu pertiga dari senarai itu adalah dari sebarang laut, dengan 64 rakyat Inggeris termasuk tiga isteri dan teman wanita (WAG).

Beckham berkedudukan tempat 38 di senarai keseluruhan, manakala ketua jurulatih England Fabio Capello di nombor 73 anggaran bernilai £25juta dengan kontrak £6juta setahun contract dan £10juta simpanan seni peribadi.

Pengurus Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson berada di nombor 78 didalam senarai list (£22juta) dan pengurus Arsenal Arsene Wenger di noumbor 92 (£14juta).

20 Tempat Teratas didalam senarai Senarai Terkaya Bola Sepak (The Top 20 on the Football Rich List) iaitu:
1. Shekh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nayan (Manchester City) £15bn

2. Lakshmi Mittal & family (QPR) £12.5bn
3. Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn 

4. Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspur) £2.5bn

5. Bernie & Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn
6. Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.245bn

7. Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn

8= Lord Grantchester & The Moores Family (Everton) £1.2bn

8= Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn

10= Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn

10= Malcolm Glazer & family (Manchester United) £1.1bn

12. Simon Keswick (Cheltenham Town) £966m 

13. Trevor Hemmings (Preston North End) £900m

14. Mike Ashley (Newcastle United) £800m

15. Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) £750m

16. Tom Hicks (Liverpool) £700m
17. The Walker Family (Blackburn Rovers) £660m
18. Mohammed al-Fayed (Fulham) £650m

19. Sir David Murray (Glasgow Rangers) £600m

20. Steve Morgan (Wolves) £400m

Top 20 players: (overall position in the main list in brackets)
20 Pemain Tempat Teratas (didalam kurungan kedudukan keseluruhan didalam senarai utama )
1 David Beckham £125m (38)
2 Michael Owen £40m (56=)
3 Wayne Rooney £35m (61)
4= Rio Ferdinand £28m (69=)
4= Robbie Fowler £28m (69=)
4= Sol Campbell £28m (69=)
7 Ryan Giggs £23m (77)
8= Michael Ballack £20m (80=)
8= Frank Lampard £20m (80=)
10 Steven Gerrard £19m (86)
11 Cristiano Ronaldo £18m (87)
12 John Terry £17m (88)
13 Didier Drogba £15m (89)
14= Nicolas Anelka £14m (92=)
14= Damien Duff £14m (92=)
16= Dimitar Berbatov £13m (96=)
16= Ashley and Cheryl Cole £13m (96=)
16= Fernando Torres £13m (96=)
19 = Emile Heskey £12m (100)
20 Gary Neville £11.75m (101)
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Fakta 2
2.Gaji Jurulatih Bolasepak Tertinggi
sumber dari Telegraph.co.uk(03/06/2008)
£1=RM 6.44
Gaji Jose Mourinho membuatkan dia adalah jurulatih dengan gaji terbaik dalam bolasepak. Mourinho memperolehi £5.5 juta di Chelsea: dan sekarang dia akan membawa pulang £7j bersih - £3j lebih dari yang diperolehi oleh bekas jurulatih Inter Roberto Mancini. Luiz Felipe Scholari yang akan menjadi jurulatih Chelsea bakal menerima £5.5juta berbanding £1.75j sekarang sebagai jurulatih Portugal untuk mengekori Mourinho.

1.Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan)-£7juta=RM 45.08j
2.Luiz Felipe Scolari (Chelsea)-£5.5juta=RM35.42j

Di Liga Premier Inggeris (EPL), Arsene Wenger mendahului musim lepas, dengan £4.5juta, dihadapan Kevin Keegan, Sir Alex Ferguson dan Harry Redknapp. Purata di Liga adalah sekitar £3juta.
Liga Premier
Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) £4.5j
Kevin Keegan (Newcastle) £4j
Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) £3j
Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth) £3j
Avram Grant (Chelsea) £3j
Roy Keane (Sunderland) £3j
Rafael Benitez (Liverpool) £2.5j
David Moyes (Everton) £2.5j
Sven Goran Eriksson (Man City) £2j
Alan Curbishley (West Ham) £2j
Alex McLeish (Birmingham) £1.6j
Steve Bruce (Wigan) £1.6j
Mark Hughes (Blackburn) £1.5j
Paul Jewell (Derby) £1j
Steve Coppell (Reading) £1.5j

Serie A
Roberto Mancini (Inter Milan) £4j
Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan) £3.6j
Luciano Spalletti (Roma) £1.6j
Cesare Prandelli (Fiorentina) £1.2j
Claudio Ranieri (Juventus) £1.2j
Walter Novellino (Torino) £800,000
Stefano Colantuono (Palermo) £720,000
Edy Reja (Napoli) £560,000
Walter Mazzarri (Sampdoria) £480,000
Delio Rossi (Lazio) £440,000
Marco Giampaolo (Cagliari) £400,000
Pasquale Marino (Udinese) £400,000
Luigi Del Neri (Atalanta) £360,000
Gigi Cagni (Empoli) £360,000
Silvio Baldini (Catania) £280,000
Domenico Di Carlo (Parma) £280,000
Gian Piero Gasperini (Genoa) £240,000
Andrea Mandorlini (Siena) £200,000
Massimo Ficcadenti (Reggina) £200,000
Fernando Orsi (Livorno) £160,000

Lain-lain
Fabio Capello (England) £4.5j
Jurgen Klinsmann (Bayern Munich) £2j
Giovanni Trapattoni (Rep Of Ireland) £1.5j
Semua angka adalah anggaran.
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Fakta 3
3.KELAB BOLASEPAK PALING BERNILAI
(Most Valuable Football Club)

Reuters/AP-
Mei 1 2008
CHICAGO:Manchester United adalah kelab bolasepak paling bernilai didunia untuk tahun keempat berturut-turut,dengan nilainya USD 1.8 billion(RM 5.7 billion),mengatasi kelab Sepanyol Real Madrid,berdasarkan kepada majalah Forbes.

Anggaran pendapatan operasi Man Utd adalah USD111 juta(RM 353 juta),USD 1 juta(RM 3.18 juta) dibelakang Real Madrid,dimana dinilaikan pada USD 1.285 billion(RM 4.086 billion),berdasarkan kepada Forbes,yang menilai kelab teratas setiap tahun.

Empat kelab teratas dari 10 teratas adalah dari Liga Premier England (EPL),dianggap liga bolasepak terkaya didunia.Sepuluh teratas mengandungi dua kelab dari Spain,Germany dan Italy.

Forbes menilai pasukan berdasarkan kepada apa yang telah mereka jual pada masa lepas kepada jualan dan keuntungan(pertambahan pendapatan),perjanjian penyiaran dan hutang dari perjanjian stadium yang baru atau sedang berjalan.

USD $ 1=RM 3.18
Senarai 10 kelab teratas

N0	KELAB	NILAI(USD)	(RM)
1.	Manchester United(England)	$ 1.8 billion	(RM 5.7 billion)
2.	Real Madrid(Spain)	$ 1.285 billion	(RM 4.09 billion)
3.	Arsenal(England)	$ 1.2 billion	(RM 3.8 billion)
4.	Liverpool(England	$ 1.05 billion	(RM 3.34 billion)
5.	Bayern Munich(Germany)	$ 917 juta	(RM 2.92 billion)
6.	AC Milan(Italy)	$ 798 juta	(RM 2.54 billion)
7.	Barcelona(Spain)	$ 784 juta	(RM 2.49 billion)
8.	Chelsea(England	$ 764 juta	(RM 2.43 billion)
9.	Juventus (Italy)	$ 510 juta	(RM 1.62 billion)
10.	Schalke 04(Germany)	$ 470 juta	(RM 1.495 billion)

Forbes juga melaporkan Stadium Emirates,Arsenal,siap pada 2006,pada kos USD 860 juta(RM 2.74 billion) dengan kapasiti 60,432 adalah lombong emas,menghasilkan USD 6 juta (RM 19.1 juta) setiap perlawanan.

Itu mengatasi USD 5 juta(RM 15.9 juta) setiap hasil perlawanan Man Utd dari Old Trafford,Tempat duduknya 76,000.

Pemain bolasepak terkaya David Beckham dimana,semenjak perpindahan dari Real Madrid ke Los Angeles Galaxy,telah menurunkan Ronaldinho ketempat kedua.Beckham dianggarkan bernilai USD 49 juta(RM 155.8 juta) ,berdasarkan kepada Forbes,dengan Ronaldinho pada USD 33 juta(RM 104.9 juta).

Kedudukan kelab ini akan kekal pada tahun hadapan, dengan Man Utd mengaut hadiah pada perlawanan akhir Liga Juara-Juara bulan ini.Kejayaan ke perlawanan akhir bererti keuntungan USD 45 juta untuk Man Utd dan sudah tentu akan kekal dicarta teratas tahun depan.

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Fakta 4
4.KELAB TERKAYA DIDUNIA
DELOITTE FOOTBALL MONEY LEAGUE 2008
Berdasarkan pada sumber firma penasihat perniagaan Deloitte yang diterbitkan pada 14 Feb 2008.Terbitan ini dikeluarkan pada setiap tahun.

Dimana 20 kelab terbesar didunia berdasarkan kepada hasil pendapatan ketika 2006/07.Real Madrid kekal ditangga teratas untuk tahun ketiga berturut-turut.Manakala Manchester United berjaya naik ketangga kedua setelah jatuh ketangga keempat dan lapan tahun ditempat teratas sebelum disingkirkan oleh Real Madrid.Chelsea naik ketangga keempat walaupun terus mencatat kerugian.Gergasi Italy Juventus terkeluar dari senarai 10 teratas setelah diturunkan bermain di tahap kedua League Series B pada 2006-07.

Hasil pendapatan didapati dari jualan tiket,barangan jualan(merchandising)& kontrak penyiaran (broadcasting contract) tetapi tidak termasuk hasil pendapatan perpindahan(transfer) & tidak termasuk pengiraan tahap keuntungan.

WORLD'S WEALTHIEST CLUBS BY REVENUES
(KELAB TERKAYA DUNIA BERDASARKAN KEPADA HASIL PENDAPATAN)
(Dalam kurungan kedudukan tahun 2007)1 sterling pound=RM 3.63
1.(1)Real Madrid(Spain)--------------236.2 juta(RM 1.506 b)
2.(4)Manchester United(England)----212.1 juta(RM 1.348 b)
3.(2)Barcelona(Spain)----------------195.3 juta(RM 1.242 b)
4.(6)Chelsea(England)----------------190.5 juta(RM 1.212 b)
5.(9)Arsenal(England)----------------177.6 juta(RM 1.129 b)
6.(5)AC Milan(Italy)------------------153.0 juta(RM 973.1 juta)
7.(8)Bayern Munich(Germany)-------150.3 juta(RM 955.9 juta)
8.(10)Liverpool(England)-------------133.9 juta(RM 851.6 juta)
9.(7)Inter Milan(Italy)----------------131.3 juta(RM 835.1 juta)
10.(12)AS Roma(Italy)----------------106.1 juta(RM 674.8 juta)
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11.(15)Tottenham Hotspur(England)--103.1 juta(RM 655.7 juta)
12.(3)Juventus(Italy)------------------97.7 juta(RM 621.4 juta)
13.(11)Olympique Lyonn(France)------94.4 juta(RM 600.4 juta)
14.(13)Newcatle United(England)------87.1 juta(RM 553.9 juta)
15.(16)Hamburg SV(Germany)--------81.0 juta(RM 515.2 juta)
16.(14)Schalke 04(Germany-----------76.9 juta(RM 489.1 juta)
17.(n/a)Celtic(Scotland)----------------75.2 juta(RM 478.3 juta)
18.(n/a)Valencia(Spain)-----------------72.4 juta(RM 460.5 juta)
19.(n/a)Olympique de Marsaille(France)-66.6 juta(RM423.6 juta)
20.(n/a)Werder Bremen(Germany)-----65.5 juta(RM416.6 juta)
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Fakta 5
5.50 PEMAIN BERGAJI PALING TINGGI DUNIA
Tahukah anda bahawa laman web berbahasa Portugis futbolfinance yang mengkhususkan kepada ekonomi dan kewangan bolasepak terbitan Februari 23 2008 telah mengeluarkan senarai pemain kelab Eropah yang bergaji paling tinggi pada musim 2007/08.Gaji kasar tidak termasuk premium seperti penajaan,pengiklanan, anugerah dll. Kaka dilaporkan menerima gaji paling tinggi untuk setahun.

1Euro=RM 5.05

50 Pemain Bergaji Paling Tinggi:-
1. Ricardo Kaka ------(AC Milan) 9.000.000 €(RM 45.45 juta)
2. Ronaldinho Gaucho (FC Barcelona) 8.520.000 €(RM 43.02 juta)
3. Frank Lampard--- (Chelsea FC) 8.160.000 €(RM 41.21 juta)
4. John Terry------- (Chelsea FC) 8.160.000 €(RM 41.21 juta
5. Fernando Torres --(Liverpool FC) 7.920.000 €(RM 40 juta)
6. Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea FC) 7.800.000 €(RM 39.39 juta)
7. Michael Ballack---- (Chelsea FC) 7.800.000 €(RM 39.39 juta)
8. Cristiano Ronaldo -(Manchester Utd) 7.680.000 €(RM 38.78 juta)
9. Thierry Henry ----(FC Barcelona) 7.680.000 €(RM 38.78 juta)
10. Steven Gerrard--(Liverpool FC) 7.680.000 €(RM 38.78 juta)
11. Didier Drogba--- (Chelsea FC) 7.380.000 €(RM 37.27 juta)
12. Wayne Rooney--(Manchester Utd) 7.320.000 €(RM 36.97 juta)
13. Iker Casillas ---(CF Real Madrid) 7.200.000 €(RM 36.36 juta)
14. Michael Owen -(Newcastle Utd) 6.720.000 €(RM 33.94 juta)
15. Sol Campbell --(Portsmouth) 6.600.000 €(RM 33.33 juta)
16. Raul Gonzalez -(CF Real Madrid) 6.420.000 €(RM 32.42 juta)
17. Ruud Van Nistelrooy (CF Real Madrid) 6.420.000 €(RM 32.42 juta)
18. Rio Ferdinand-- (Manchester Utd) 6.060.000 €(RM 30.60 juta)
19. Darren Bent-- (Tottenham Hotspur) 5.940.000 €(RM 30 juta)
20. Carlos Tevez- (Manchester Utd) 5.880.000 €(RM 29.69 juta)
21. Fabio Cannavaro- (CF Real Madrid) 5.880.000 €(RM 29.69 juta)
22. Luca Toni---- (Bayern Munich) 5.520.000 €(27.88 juta)
23. Robinho----- (CF Real Madrid) 5.520.000 €(RM 27.87 juta)
24. Francesco Totti (AS Roma) 5.460.000 €(RM 27.57 juta)
25. Arjen Robben (CF Real Madrid) 5.340.000(RM 26.97 juta)
26. Ryan Giggs (Manchester Utd) 5.220.000 €(RM 26.36 juta)
27. Michael Essien (Chelsea FC) 5.040.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
28. Adriano (Internazionale) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
29. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Internazionale) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
30. Patrick Vieira (Internazionale) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
31. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
32. Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
33. Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
34. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) 5.004.000 €(RM 25.45 juta)
35. Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) 4.944.000 € 9RM 24.97 juta)
36. Edwin Van der Sar(Manchester Utd) 4.860.000 €(RM 24.54 juta)
37. Fernando Morientes (Valência) 4.860.000 €(RM 24.54 juta)
38. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus FC) 4.800.000 €(RM 24.24 juta)
39. Harry Kewell (Liverpool FC) 4.800.000 €(RM 24.24 juta)
40. Djibril Cisse (O.Marseille) 4.800.000 €(RM 24.24 juta)
41. Joe Cole (Chelsea FC) 4.680.000 €(RM 23.63 juta)
42. Pedro Pauleta (Paris SG) 4.608.000 €(RM23.27 juta)
43. Juninho Pernanbucano (O.Lyon) 4.560.000 €( RM 23.08 juta)
44. David Beckham(LA Galaxy) 4.500.000 €(RM 22.725 juta)
45. David Trezeguet (Juventus FC) 4.500.000 €(RM 22.725 juta)
46. Sidney Govou (O.Lyon) 4.500.000 €(RM 22.725 juta)
47. Deco (FC Barcelona) 4.500.000 €(RM 22.275 juta)
48. Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona) 4.500.000 €(RM 22.725 juta)
49. Petr Cech (Chelsea FC) 4.320.000 €(RM21.82 juta)
50. Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria) 4.200.000 €(RM 21.21 juta)

Mengikut kelab:-
8 pemain-Chelsea
6-Real Madrid,Barcelona,Manchester United
3-Liverpool,Internazionale,Juventus
2-Bayern,Oly.Lyon
1-AC Milan,Portsmouth,Newcastle,Spurs,Roma,Athletico Madrid,Valencia.Marseille,PSG,LA Galaxy,Sampdoria

Mengikut negara:-
10-England
7-Italy
5-Brazil,Spain,France
3-Portugal,Netherlands
2-Germany,Argentina
1-Ukraine,Cote d'Ivoire,Wales,Ghana,Sweden,Camerron,Australia,Czech Republic

Manakala David Beckham pula dilaporkan menerima pendapatan tertinggi pada halaman web
France Football terbitan 8 April 2008.Ini adalah hasil kaji selidik oleh majalah tersebut

Senarai 10 berpendapatan paling tinggi gaji & perjanjian(endorsement)
1 sterling pound=RM 6.32

1.David Beckham(LA Galaxy) 24.7 juta (RM 156.1 juta)
2.Ronaldinho(Barcelona) 19.2 juta (RM 121.34 juta)
3.Lionel Messi(Barcelona)18.3 juta (RM115.56 juta)
4.Cristiano Ronaldo(Man Utd) 15.5 juta (RM 97.96 juta)
5.Thierry Henri(Barcelona) 13.4 juta (RM 84.69 juta)
6.John Terry (Chelsea) 11.1 juta (RM 70.15 juta)
7.Michael Ballack(Chelsea) 11 juta (RM 69.52 juta)
8.Ronaldo(AC Milan) 10.7 juta (RM 67.62 juta)
9.Kaka (AC Milan) 10.3 juta (RM 65.1 juta)
10.Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 9.4 juta (RM 59.4 juta)

Pengurus gaji paling tinggi:-
1.Jose Mourinho(bekas pengurus Chelsea) 23.1 juta (RM145.99 juta)
2.Fabio Capello(Pengurus England) 11.3 juta (RM71.42 juta)
3.Alex Ferguson (Pengurus Manchester United) 5.9 juta (RM 37.29 juta)
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Fakta 6
6.EUROPASS GLORIA



Presiden UEFA,Michael Platini telah diberi penghormatan untuk menerima bola perlawanan akhir di Vienna.

Adidas dan UEFA telah menyerahkan bola perlawanan yang akan digunakan pada Perlawanan Akhir Kejohanan Eropah 2008.Kejohanan akan bermula pada Jun 7.Bola ini akan hanya digunakan pada perlawanan Akhir yang akan bermain pada Jun 29 di Vienna.

Bola ini hampir serupa kepada bola Europass Adidas yang akan digunakan untuk kesemua perlawanan kumpulan dan separuh akhir dikejohanan itu.

Walaubagaimana pun, bola perlawanan Akhir ini dipanggil Europass Gloria adalah berwarna perak,berbanding dengan bola Europass Adidas yang berwarna putih.Kedua-dua bola mempunyai 12 tompok(dot) hitam, dan bola Europass Gloria mempunyai imej Trofi Henry Delauney berwarna perak didalam tompok itu.

Europass Gloria terdiri dari 14 panel yang disatukan dengan teknologi thermal bonding atau menggunakan kepanasan.Keunggulan dari bola ini adalah lebih mudah dikawal,memiliki daya tahan yang kuat, lebih kuasa transmisi (power transmission), membuatkan lebih lencungan (swerve) dan menambah ketepatan (accuracy) dipadang dalam sebarang cuaca.

Bendera tuanrumah Switzerland dan Austria telah dimasukkan kedalam rekaan kedua-dua bola,membentuk bulatan(menunjukkan perpaduan).Dengan nama Gloria sendiri berasal dari bahasa latin yang bererti keagungan.Teknologi yang digunakan untuk pembuatan bola ini menunjukan keunggulan yang dinikmati oleh Adidas dalam bidang bolasepak.

Adidas telah membekalkan bola rasmi kepada semua kejohanan UEFA dan FIFA semenjak 1970.
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Fakta 7
7.Nike Total 90 Omni Ball

Bola baru EPL
Liga Premier Inggeris telah mededahkan rupa baru bola untuk musim 2008-09. Pengeluar Nike mendakwa ia adalah "bola paling yang konsisten" dan "memberikan tidak terbilang saat-saat paling menarik di musim baru".

Ia dikenali dengan nama rasmi sebagai 'Nike Total 90 Omni Ball', dan direka untuk memberi taraf baru untuk konsistensi(consistency), ketepatan(accuracy) dan ketampakan(visibility). Ia telah diuji dan terbukti selama dua tahun - di simulasi komputer, di makmal ujian dan dengan beberapa pemain yang terbaik didunia.

The Science of Soccer

Hundreds of millions of soccer fans are now tuning in to the World Cup, where they'll see, not just exciting games, but a fascinating display of scientific principles.

Let's start with the ball. The basic physics haven't changed: when a ball is kicked, the side that's kicked flattens out, then snaps back into shape, hurling the ball away. But this year's ball, the Fevernova, is new.

The Fevernova is covered with polyurethane instead of leather. Beneath that is syntactic foam, consisting of equal-sized, highly elastic gas-filled microcells, designed to give the ball more bounce, so it travels faster, and ensure the same amount of energy is returned wherever the ball is kicked, making the ball's flight more accurate and predictable. A woven mesh surrounds the central rubber bladder, designed to keep the ball from deforming when kicked, so it won't veer in flight. Adidas says the ball is 25 percent more precise and 10 percent faster than the ball used in the 1998 World Cup...but some players find it too light, springy, and hard to control.

How the ball travels depends on the position of the kicker's foot relative to the center of the ball. If the foot is above the center of the ball, the ball will roll along the ground. If the foot hits in the center, the ball will skid across the ground until friction slows it to a roll. If the foot hits below the center of the ground, the ball becomes airborne.

A kicker can put spin on the ball to make it curve by kicking it off-center with the instep or outside of his foot. A right-footed kick will drift right to left when kicked with the instep and left to right when kicked with the outside of the foot.

A spinning ball curves primarily because of the Magnus Effect. Spinning the ball on an axis perpendicular to the ground causes the flow of air to be faster on one side than the other. This results in a different amount of push on one side than the other, and thus the ball curves in flight. Spinning the ball on the axis parallel to the ground actually causes the ball to fly straighter, because irregularities in the surface of the ball are averaged out. (A soccer ball kicked with no spin at all tends to bobble and weave.)

Soccer balls will often slow dramatically in flight. This is because in early flight, the ball is moving very quickly and is surrounded by a turbulent air flow. As the ball slows down, the turbulence vanishes and the airflow becomes smooth, which more than doubles drag, suddenly slowing the ball even more. Exactly when in the flight this transition from turbulent to smooth airflow happens is affected by the ball's velocity, the spinning rate, and the surface seam pattern of the ball. Good players take this effect into account instinctively, using it to make seemingly impossible shots that dip at the last minute into the goal.

Even the best player's best kick can go to waste if an assistant referee claims the player was offside--that is, that there were fewer than two players between himself and the goal (one of whom is typically the goalie) when the ball was passed to him. Research in the Netherlands found that linesmen in the Dutch professional league incorrectly judged 40 of 200 potential offside scenarios. That's because the player furthest away appears closer to the goal to the assistant referee than the closer player. Unless the assistant referee is lined up with the second last defender as the attacker approaches, its easy to call someone on the far side of the defender offside when he really isn't--or let someone who is closer get away with being offside when he really should be called for it.

The defense's last hope is the skill of the goalie. In Liverpool, Mark Williams of John Moore's University had both expert and amateur goalkeepers watch goalie's-eye videos of players taking penalty shots, and move a joystick in the direction they expected the ball to go before the ball crossed the line. The expert goalies "saved" one-third of the penalties, while the amateurs saved only one-quarter. Further analysis showed that the amateur's eyes tended to flick all over the kicker's body, while experts focused on the kicker's legs, picking up unconscious cues of which way the kicker would kick.

Like everything else in soccer, it all comes down to training and practice.

And, of course, science.

DEFINISI KECERGASAN

DEFINISI KECERGASAN

Menurut Organisasi Kesihatan Dunia atau ‘World Health Organization’ (WHO) kecergasan adalah ‘kebolehan melakukan sebarang kerja tanpa rasa penat, serta mempunyai cukup tenaga untuk berekreasi dan mempunyai lebihan tenaga untuk melalui peristiwa kecemasan’.

Atau dalam ertikata lain, KECERGASAN juga boleh ditakrifkan sebagai kebolehan seseorang individu melakukan sebarang perkara melibatkan fizikal atau mental tanpa rasa penat. Sebagai tambahan juga WHO mentafsir kecergasan harus ada elemen aktiviti fizikal melalui senaman atau aktiviti rekreasi. Selain itu, seseorang yang benar-benar cergas harus ada keupayaan untuk berdepan dengan keadaan cemas seperti apabila Amir berhadapan dengan anjing yang sedang marah lalu mengejarnya dan Amir berjaya melepaskan diri daripada anjing tersebut setelah melompat satu batang longkang yang besar tanpa menyedarinya. Contoh ini boleh membuktikan bahawa Amir adalah seorang yang cergas.

Selain itu, saya juga boleh memberi contoh lain menurut takrifan WHO itu bahawa Presiden George W. Bush juga cergas apabila dapat mengelak 2 balingan tepat sepasang kasut oleh seorang wartawan Iraq yang sangat marah kepadanya kerana telah merosakkan Negara bertuahnya. Jika presiden Amerika itu seorang yang cergas sudah pasti beliau menguruskan masa senamannya dengan berkesan walaupun berhadapan dengan jadual yang padat.

Dalam bolasepak pula, contoh terbaik ialah apabila situasi di jatuhkan pihak lawan ketika melompat tinggi untuk menanduk bola. Pada kebiasaannya pemain akan jatuh kebawah dan yang membezakan pemain cergas atau tidak ialah pemain yang tidak cergas sepenuhnya akan jatuh dengan kecederaan yang maksimum manakala pemain yang cergas akan lebih selamat. Ini kerana elemen yang ada dalam kecergasan membantunya untuk bertindak balas melalui titik keseimbangan yang lebih optimum secara optimum.

Justeru, persoalannya ADAKAH ANDA CERGAS?

Bagaimanakah anda tahu tentang kecergasan anda? Atau bagaimana saya ingin tahap kecergasan saya dipertingkatkan? Dan pelbagai lagi persoalan yang timbul berkenaan itu. Lantaran itu, sepanjang musim 24 keluaran seterusnya akan saya rungkaikan satu persatu daripada elemen kecergasan sehingga bagaimana cara senaman yang betul dan proses membuat program kecergasan. Jadi saya harap saudara pembaca sekelian dapat bersama dengan saya sepanjang tempoh tersebut.

Antara topik-topik yang menarik yang akan saya huraikan setiap keluaran mulai keluaran akan datang adalah seperti

- kecergasan fizikal

- kecergasan mental

- komponen-komponen kecergasan

- kecergasan berkaitan kesihatan

- kecergasan berkaitan biomotor (skil @kemahiran)

- kesihatan dan kecergasan

- cara yang efektif untuk memanaskan badan

- regangan dalam sukan dan bolasepak

- latihan kecergasan secara am

- rancangan latihan kecergasan

- latihan kecergasan di padang bolasepak

- latihan kecergasan di kolam renang

- latihan kecergasan di dalam gymnasium

- latihan kecergasan di luar (tasik @ taman-taman rekreasi)

- latihan kecergasan di pasir pantai

- latihan kecergasan sebelum pembedahan

- latihan kecergasan selepas pembedahan tahap 1

- latihan kecergasan selepas pembedahan tahap 2

- latihan kecergasan selepas pembedahan tahap 3

- latihan kecergasan untuk kekuatan bahagian bawah (pinggang ke bawah cnth kaki)

- latihan kecergasan untuk kekuatan bahagian atas (pinggang ke atas cnth perut, pinggang

dan tangan)

- tips ingin menjadi pemain yang cergas dan kuat

Striker (S)

It should be noted that there is a difference between a centre forward and a striker and these two roles are easily confused, although they do share similarities. A striker is better known for making runs to beat defenders, trying to beat the offside trap and playing close to the goal area. They are typically recognised as quick, with good reaction speed and given few defensive responsibilities. This contrasts with the centre forward's different style of holding up play and leading the front line.

Soccer Formations

Inexperienced coaches often ask what "the best formation" is. There isn't one. A formation is supposed to make optimal use of your player's abilities. Since these abilities vary from one squad to another, the "best formation" is the one which most suits your available players.

4-4-2
This is a very popular and versatile formation whose variations permit the use of a sweeper or wingers. Many teams today use their own version of this system. The main strength of 4-4-2 is the defense-midfield interaction. The weakness is the two lone forwards who have to be constantly supported by the midfield.

4-4-2 is a bit more complicated in terms of off-the-ball movement compared to systems with three forwards such as 4-3-3 or 3-4-3. As mentioned above, one of the main offensive issues with 4-4-2 is that there are only two attackers playing upfront. In most cases, that is not enough to stretch apart an enemy defensive line of usually 4 opponents or more. To accommodate, you need to get your outside midfielders running up to the forward line. Whenever your team is building up an attack on one wing, the midfielder on the opposite side has to run up towards the enemy's far post (their blind spot)

4-3-3
This formation is commonly used by Dutch and youth squads. It allows the use of a sweeper and designates one player as a striker.
4-3-3 is easier for younger players to follow as opposed to 4-4-2. With 4-3-3, you need to have your outside forwards dropping back and helping with the build-up. It's very important to keep these guys near the sideline. Younger players tend to force the ball through the middle of the field. They need to learn to build up attacks by playing the ball outside and forward (not directly through the middle of the pitch)

3-4-3
3-4-3 is a classic formation, considered offensive by today's standards. In this system, one striker must consistently stay on the tip of the attack. He therefore should be able to hold his ground. In defense, the three fullbacks must work together as a unit. At least one midfielder needs to drop back and play in front of the defensive line. His job is to constantly pressure the ball so that the defense is never caught in a compromising position.

4-5-1
This formation crowds nearly all parts of midfield slowing down enemy attacks. From an offensive point of view, the system relies on wing attacks supported by the midfield. The downside is that the lone striker is left on his own up front and may become isolated.

3-5-2
Relatively modern formation that developed in response to the popular 4-4-2. It utilizes more efficiently the fourth fullback who frequently has little to do when defending against only two attackers.

Advanced Soccer Tactics

Tactics used by the top teams today have grown increasingly complex. Nowadays, individual weaknesses in the opposition are researched ahead of time and exploited through strategy. Players have to specialize in a particular position which they begin learning from an early age. A coach is supposed to balance the players on his own team according to their attributes while keeping in mind the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. This is no easy task. What has been included on this site is only a small fraction of the study on soccer tactics and the understanding of collective strategy.

Sprained ankle

A sprained ankle or twisted ankle as it is sometimes known is a common cause of ankle pain. A sprain is stretching and or tearing of ligaments (you sprain a ligament and strain a muscle). The most common is an inversion sprain (or lateral ligament sprain) where the ankle turns under so the sole of the foot faces inwards, damaging the ligaments on the outside of the ankle.

A medial ligament sprain is rare but can occur particularly with a fracture. This happens when the ankle rolls the other way, so the sole of the foot faces outwards, damaging the ligaments on the inside of the ankle.

The most common damage sustained in a sprained ankle is to the anterior talo-fibula ligament shown towards the front of the image opposite. This ligament, as the name suggests, connects the talus (ankle bone) with the fibula (smaller of the two bones in the lower leg). If the sprain is severe there might also be damage to the calcaneo-fibula ligament (connects the heel bone to the fibula) which is further back towards the heel. This ligament only becomes injured in more severe injuries due to its increased strength and laxity whilst the toes are pointed (a common position for injuries).

In addition to the ligament damage there may also be damage to tendons, bone and other joint tissues, which is why it is important to get a professional to diagnose your ankle sprain. Complete ruptures of the anterior talo-fibular, calcaneo-fibular and posterior talo-fibular ligaments results in dislocation of the ankle joint and is often associated with a fracture.

Menggunakan Kekuatan Minda dalam Sukan

Ini adalah beberapa petikan yang saya kutip dari artikel yang ditulis oleh beberapa “Mind Coach” yang terlibat di dalam sukan di Barat. Moga kita dapat melihat bagaimana mereka menggunakan ilmu dan maklumat untuk kebaikan dan kejayaan dalam bidang yang mereka ceburi.

Petikan 1:

“Tiger Woods is a master of the mental game.
Not because he is more focused.
Not because he appears to want it more.
And most of all, not because he is more talented than the rest of us.
He packages that talent with the most prodigious mental approach ever witnessed in the game of golf since Jack.

Tiger Woods was taught how to use visualization and imagery when he was a boy by his father, Earl. Tiger visualizes exactly where he wants the golf ball to go. I suggest you study Tiger the way I study champions.
Not for the way they play the game, but how they prepare for it before the playing ever commences.
You can take a minimum of 5 strokes off your game by learning how Tiger sees his round of golf in his mind before he ever takes the first tee.”

Contoh 2:

“Three groups of basketball players were selected that had no experience with visualization techniques. The length of the experiment was 20 days and the skill being tested was free throwing ability.

The first group practiced physically free throwing the ball for 20 days. The second group did not practice at all. The third group practiced only in their minds, visualizing themselves making the free throws.

At the end of 20 days, the first group that practiced physically showed a 24% improvement. The second group that did not practice at all showed no improvement. The third group that practiced only in their minds, improved 23%! The improvements were virtually identical to the physical group!”

Contoh 3:

In 1998, baseball player Mark McGwire broke the single-season home run record by hitting 70, a feat he says was achieved through visualization, as told to The New York Times.

Contoh 4:

“Hockey player Danni Roche, who was part of the gold medal winning Australian hockey team at the Atlanta Olympics. She said that she always visualized herself and the team winning the gold medal. The amazing part of the story is that she always visualized Korea coming in second. Incredibly, that’s what happened.

Ini adalah beberapa testimoni yang telah diberikan oleh ahli-ahli sukan terkenal tentang bagaimana mereka menggunakan kekuatan mental dalam mencapai kejayaan di bidang sukan.

Hamstring

Kita sering mendengarnya dan membacanya apakala menonton dan membaca berita-berita sukan. Malahan, kecederaan hamstring ini sering sahaja menghantui pemain-pemain Liverpool. Mangsa terbaru, kapten Liverpool Steven Gerrard. Tapi apakah kita benar-benar mengetahui hal berkaitan hamstring ini? Berikut adalah beberapa fakta menarik tentang hamstring:

1. Hamstring sebenarnya merupakan 3 otot utama yang mengunjur dari bahagian pelvis (pinggang) manusia lalu merentasi sendi lutut sehingga berakhir sama ada di tulang fibula (tulang keting) mahupun di tulang tibia (belakang keting) bergantung kepada jenis otot yang tiga itu.

2. Otot hamstring berfungsi untuk menahan kaki yang memijak tanah ketika seseorang pemain itu sedang memecut dan dalam masa yang sama menganjalkan pergerakan pinggang supaya kaki yang satu lagi dapat maju ke hadapan.