Football Medicine & Performance Association PDF
Football has never mattered less, and its absence reflects the surreal nature
of the current situation we are living through. Some day it will return and
we’ll savour it as a beacon of normality. Right now, many of you working in
football may be uncertain about your future, and fearful for the health of
your loved ones.
I hope this publication can provide a moment of escape
from these worries. The FMPA is committed to helping all of those working
in football who may be facing hardship, and Eamonn Salmon has done an
admirable job in leading this over the past few weeks.
This is a new situation for everyone.
The weeks and months ahead will
continue to deliver new problems we have never faced before. Managing
the health and fitness of players remotely will demand greater trust,
communication and innovation amongst the interdisciplinary team in order
to protect the welfare of players (and their families), while also ensuring
they retain a performance edge once the football season resumes.
While football is largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of the COVID-19
pandemic, we should never underestimate its potential to have a positive
influence.
I have been impressed by the role many football clubs are taking
to impart key public health messages to their followers. MK Dons’ players
and staff must be commended for spending their weekend checking up on
older Season Ticket holders over the phone, while Ipswich Town have led
the way by offering their Portman Road facilities to the NHS.
All of us are
in this together.
We have taken the decision not to print this edition for the first time in the
publication’s history. Instead, we will share it as a .pdf and open it up to
anyone who would like a copy. We are hopeful it will reach as many readers
as possible.
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