ABSTRACT
This article discusses the basics of kicking skill from development stages through mechanical characteristics of upper level players. Specific areas that are addressed include developmental levels, kicking components, approach angle, forces on the support foot, loading of the swing limb and subsequent movement toward ball contact, and the mechanics of ball contact and follow-through.
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Leg/physiology , Muscle, Skeletal/physiology , Soccer/physiology , Biomechanical Phenomena , Foot/physiology , Hip Joint/physiology , Humans , Knee Joint/physiologyABSTRACT
This study investigated anthropometric, psychomotor, and hemodynamic changes in young adult men during 21 continuous days of eating only meals, ready-to-eat (MREs). The MRE diet group lost more weight and bodyfat (significant at abdominal site, total skinfolds, and total bodyfat percent), and had significantly greater gains in hand grip strength than did controls. Results support the contention that, when eaten as designed, MREs are nutritionally adequate for maintaining body weight and muscle strength without adverse effects.