11+ Filming with NADESHIKO
26/11/11 - Today we had a filming/photoshooting with 11 players of the Japan Football Women National team for 11+ promotion.
Nadeshiko ("pink flowers") won the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 last June in Germany, beating the USA girls in an unforgettable final match.
F-MARC is proud of this cooperation with JFA, who provided an incredible support for this project.
My friend Cony von Grebel is as usual responsible for the multimedia coverage of these japanese 11+ days.
F-MARC again in Japan
From November 25th until the 30th, 2011 we'll be in Japan, for 11+ related projects with JFA.
We'll have filming/interviews with players of the Women's National team (World Cup Winners 2011), and together with JFA we'll conduct the 2nd official 11+ course in Japan.
UKsem Conference 2011
F-MARC was present with a special symposium at the 2nd UKsem Conference in London, on November 24th, 2011.
Prof. J.Dvorak, Dr. P.Tscholl and myself presented a total of 4 lectures on medications, doping, injury prevention, and 11+ for health.
LA Galaxy win MLS Cup 2011
Home Depot Stadium, Carson, California, USA (20/11/11) - Landon Donovan scored in the 72nd minute on passes from Robbie Keane and David Beckham, and the Los Angeles Galaxy's three superstars won their first MLS Cup together with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo.
F-MARC congratulates the team, coach Bruce Arena and Landon Donavan, who are ambassadors of the 11+ injury prevention programme in the US and worldwide (photo-shooting and interviews were perfomed in LA -at Home Depot- back in April 2011).
The 9th SSPA Conference
More than 350 sports PTs participated at the 9th annual conference of the Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association (SSPA), which took place in Bern (Bern Expo) on November 18, 2011.
Among the speakers, some world-renowned researchers as: Paul Hodges (Australia), Tim Hewett (USA), Erik Witvrouw (Belgium) and Kristian Thorborg (Denmark)!
The multimedia support of the conference was provided -as usual- by VON GREBEL MOTION with our friend Cony von Grebel.
11/11/11
The nr 11 has become in these years the symbol of F-MARC, with our worldwide projects 11+ and 11 for Health.
Please visit the new website for more information.
We thank our friend Cony (von Grebel Motion AG, video web graphics) for the great multi-media support!
Visit to ADIDAS
Nov 11, 2011. F-MARC visits ADIDAS headquarters in Herzogenaurach.
Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf "Adi" Dassler, following the split of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik between him and his older brother Rudolf. Rudolf later established Puma, which was the early rival of Adidas. Registered in 1949, Adidas is currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, along with Puma.
The acronym All Day I Dream About Sport, although sometimes considered the origin of the adidas name, was applied retroactively, which makes it a backronym. The name is actually a portmanteau formed from "Adi" (a nickname for Adolf) and "Das" (from "Dassler").
Soccer Anatomy by Don
Soccer Anatomy, the new book (Human Kinetics ) of my friend "Don" Donald T. Kirkendall, USA
Of special interest for F-MARC: chapter 2, "The FIFA Warm Up", or in other words "The 11+".
Here an excerpt from Soccer Anatomy, by Donald T. Kirkendall.Injury Prevention |
Injuries are a part of all sports. The most common soccer injury is a contusion (bruise) when you get kicked, fall, or bumped. The most common location is the lower extremity, mostly between the knee and ankle. Most leg contusions do not cause a player to miss much training time or competition. The top four time-loss soccer injuries are ankle sprains, knee sprains, hamstring strains, and groin strains. In elite soccer, hamstring strains are most common. At lower levels of play, ankle sprains are number one.
There are some gender differences. Females have a higher rate of injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. Newer data suggest that females suffer more concussions than do males. The difference in concussion rates may be real, or it could be skewed because women tend to be more forthcoming than men about head injuries.
Good prevention programs, when substituted for a traditional warm-up, have been shown to reduce common injuries by about one-third. FIFA presents an excellent graduated warm-up (The 11+). For players and teams with a special concern about hamstring strains, pay close attention to the hamstrings exercise and the balance exercises. These have been shown to reduce hamstring strains. The key to any injury prevention program is compliance. Programs such as The 11+ are not an occasional diversion. Players must complete these programs at every training session and do a shorter version before competition.
Neymar – 11
Neymar Jr (full name: Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior), brazilian player of FC SANTOS (Santos Futebol Clube, Brasil) and shooting star of the Selecao will stay with his club until the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Neymar , who wears jersey nr 11, cooperated recently with the F-MARC team for a promotional clip on our projects (11+ 11 for health).
11+ workshop in Tel Aviv, Israel
November 3rd, 2011 – we had a 11+ workshop, co-organized by the Israel Football Association and our friend LIRAN LIFSHITZ (medical director), in Tel Aviv (Israel) , during „The Combined Symposium on Sports Medicine" (The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Sports Medicine & The 28th International Jerusalem Symposium on Sports Medicine).
Swiss Sports PT Symposium
Symposium 9th edition (18/11/11): less than one month to go!
Info on the 0fficial website of the Swiss Sports Physiotherapy Association.
Oct 12 – F-MARC meets OL greats
F-MARC was invited to visit the OL club house and training grounds, and to meet President JM Aulas, all-time great french international Bernard Lacombe and Remi Garde, current coach of the 1.team.