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Ua19/16/2 Soccer Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2021

Ua19/16/2 Soccer Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Press releases, photos and game statistics for WKU soccer team in 2021.


Wearable Gps Devices In A British Elite Soccer Academy Setting: A Foucauldian Disciplinary Analysis Of Player Development And Experience, Luke Jones Mar 2019

Wearable Gps Devices In A British Elite Soccer Academy Setting: A Foucauldian Disciplinary Analysis Of Player Development And Experience, Luke Jones

Journal of Athlete Development and Experience

Conventional wisdom dictates that the use of GPS surveillance technology in sport to assist athletic performance is an overwhelminglypositive phenomenon. Specifically, the health and performance benefits of the application of GPS and surveillance technologies have been well documented across a range of field sports. Previous research into the developmental implications of GPS surveillance in professional rugby league (Jones, Marshall, & Denison, 2016) has identified that there are some significant unintended consequencesof their use for elite athletes. We utilised the disciplinary analysis of Foucault to investigate the experiences of academy soccer playersin relation to wearable GPS technology. Five academy players took …


Confederation Of African Football, Michael Goldman, Mlondi Mashinini Jan 2019

Confederation Of African Football, Michael Goldman, Mlondi Mashinini

Sport Management

Representatives of Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Africa officially established the Confederation of African Football (CAF, or the Confederation Africaine de Football) on February 8, 1957, in Khartoum, Sudan. During the subsequent 60-year development of Africa’s administrative and controlling body, CAF grew into the biggest of the six continental federations of FIFA. By 2018, CAF counted 56 associations as full or associate members, representing over 25% of FIFA’s 211 associations, although no African team had reached the semi-final stage of the men’s FIFA World Cup as yet.

This chapter documents the business and management research related to CAF, thereby providing …


Managing The Business Of Soccer: A Conceptual Framework, Sten Söderman, James Santomier Jan 2019

Managing The Business Of Soccer: A Conceptual Framework, Sten Söderman, James Santomier

WCBT Faculty Publications

In recent years soccer (i.e., European football) has experienced rapid globalization, primarily due to increased integration of sponsorship agreements, foreign investment, private equity, digital media technologies and effective executive leadership. Manchester United, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, and other high-level European soccer clubs are now owned or managed by investors, with the ostensible objective of generating ancillary benefits or significant profits. Historically, however, the ownership of unprofitable and often relegated soccer clubs was overwhelmingly in the hands of wealthy sport enthusiasts as sole proprietors. Given the recent and often dramatic changes in the business of soccer, the primary purpose of this chapter …


Rumination And Performance In Dynamic, Team Sport, Michael M. Roy, Daniel Memmert, Anastasia Frees, Joseph R. Radzevick, Jean Pretz, Benjamin Noël Jan 2016

Rumination And Performance In Dynamic, Team Sport, Michael M. Roy, Daniel Memmert, Anastasia Frees, Joseph R. Radzevick, Jean Pretz, Benjamin Noël

Management Faculty Publications

People high in rumination are good at tasks that require persistence whereas people low in rumination is good at tasks that require flexibility. Here we examine real world implications of these differences in dynamic, team sport. In two studies, we found that professional male football (soccer) players from Germany and female field hockey players on the US national team were lower in rumination than were non-athletes. Further, low levels of rumination were associated with a longer career at a higher level in football players. Results indicate that athletes in dynamic, team sport might benefit from the flexibility associated with being …


Perceptions About Rollersoccer Youth Programs, June Solomon May 2009

Perceptions About Rollersoccer Youth Programs, June Solomon

Master's Projects and Capstones

The purpose of this research was to investigate the demand for structured

RollerSoccer Youth Programs and to examine the perceptions about this type of

Program. The market for RollerSoccer is untapped and unrepresented in the

world of sports. To date, there are no articles about the development of

RollerSoccer Youth Programs or scholarly work on marketing the emerging sport

of RollerSoccer. The RollerSoccer International Federation (RSIF), the governing

body for this fast‐paced, high scoring hybrid sport aims to expand its reach to

youth in diverse communities by developing this sports initiative.

Three hundred and ten youth participants from selected schools …


Ua19/16/1 Western Kentucky Hilltopper Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2003

Ua19/16/1 Western Kentucky Hilltopper Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Media guide for the 2003 soccer season.


Ua19/16/1 Men's Soccer Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2002

Ua19/16/1 Men's Soccer Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Media guide for the 2002 soccer season.


Ua19/16/1 Hilltopper Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 1999

Ua19/16/1 Hilltopper Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Media guide for the 1999 soccer season.


Ua19/16/1 Hilltopper Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 1998

Ua19/16/1 Hilltopper Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Media guide for 1998 soccer season.


Ua19/16/3 Student Athlete Biographical File - Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 1994

Ua19/16/3 Student Athlete Biographical File - Soccer, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

Student athlete biographical sheets for soccer players 1994:

  • Alois, Bunjira
  • Barbato, Andrea
  • Bertotti, Robert
  • Cecil, William
  • Gill, Michael
  • Guerrera, Alejandro
  • Hickey, Joseph
  • Hunt, Leon
  • Karken, Allan
  • Lykos, Alex
  • McGraw, David
  • Murphy, Thomas
  • Olson, Ryan
  • Robinson, Stephen
  • Robson, Mark
  • Rodosky, Ryan
  • Smith, Jason
  • Sparks, Gregory
  • Tellier, Andrew
  • Theuerkauf, Corey
  • Webb, Michael
  • Zutterman, Christopher


Ua3/4/9 Scrapbook Viii, Part 2 Athletics, Wku President's Office - Downing Jan 1977

Ua3/4/9 Scrapbook Viii, Part 2 Athletics, Wku President's Office - Downing

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook regarding WKU athletics for period August 1976 through August 1977 compiled by the president's office.


Ua3/4/9 Presidential Scrapbook Vii, Part 2 Athletics, Wku President's Office - Downing Aug 1976

Ua3/4/9 Presidential Scrapbook Vii, Part 2 Athletics, Wku President's Office - Downing

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook regarding WKU athletics for period August 1975 through August 1976 compiled by the president's office.