Book Reviews
A well-timed collection ahead of this summer’s World Cup
Drawing from across twenty-five years of interdisciplinary scholarship, Jeffrey W, Kassing’s collection of articles from the Soccer & Society journal States of Play: Soccer and Society Perspectives on the Global Game in America (Routledge) documents the development of soccer along five interrelated trajectories. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen has read an interesting, welcome and well-timed text that will be of interest to scholars working on the cultural, historical and social dimensions of soccer. As intended, the collection illuminates both the challenges and potential of soccer in the US by signposting the reader towards the key trajectories in the literature.
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Call for Contributions | Scouting for fitness trends for 2027
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is currently gathering input for its globally recognized Fitness Trends Survey for 2027. This annual initiative plays a critical role in identifying emerging directions, evaluating evolving practices, and guiding evidence-based decision-making across the health, fitness, and performance landscape. The results are widely referenced by practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and organizations worldwide. Your participation would contribute directly to a more accurate and representative understanding of where our field is heading.
Public defense of doctoral thesis | What happens when pregnant athletes push beyond conventional exercise guidelines? An experimental and prospective study on maternal and...
The aim of the Emilie Mass Dalhaug’s PhD project was to investigate the effects of high‑intensity exercise and heavy‑load resistance training on maternal and fetal health in pregnant elite and recreational athletes, an area where current recommendations have traditionally been conservative and have discouraged such training. The findings from the project suggest that high‑intensity exercise, heavy‑load resistance training, and a high training volume were generally well tolerated by both the pregnant athletes and their foetuses.
