ACCELERATION DERIVED FROM INSTRUMENTED MOUTHGUARDS DURING HEADING IN WOMEN’S SOCCER WITH REGULAR AND ‘LIGHT’ SOCCER BALLS

Authors

Levi Bentley, university of chichesterFollow
Mike A. Lauder, University of ChichesterFollow
Neal A. Smith, University of ChichesterFollow

Category

Football Codes

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

This study investigated the specific types of header that occur in elite women’s football (Bentley et al., 2022). Launch speed and angle were replicated in laboratory conditions. An intervention of reduced ball mass (0.29kg v’s 0.41kg) was investigated. Common headers were categorised as a) slow controlling header; b) from a throw-in; c) from long-pass/cross; d) from goal kick. A custom fit Instrumented Mouthguard (Prevent Biometrics) sampled at 3200Hz to gain linear and angular accelerations of the skull. Seven female players performed 3 trials of each header, with kinematics also recorded at 1000Hz using 10 Vicon cameras. For the ‘light’ ball intervention, peak linear velocity of the head was significantly (p

Recommended Citation

Bentley, Levi; Lauder, Mike A.; and Smith, Neal A. (2024) "ACCELERATION DERIVED FROM INSTRUMENTED MOUTHGUARDS DURING HEADING IN WOMEN’S SOCCER WITH REGULAR AND ‘LIGHT’ SOCCER BALLS," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 42: Iss. 1, Article 234.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/234