Performance and healthcare team processes and structure impact player availability in professional men's football.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether the structures and processes of an English Championship football club's performance and healthcare team (PHCT) were associated with player availability (PA) during periods of match congestion (≤3 days between matches).

Methods

This sequential explanatory mixed-method case study included 10 practitioners from the PHCT. Participants completed team process/structure questionnaires two times per month during the 2017-2018 season. PA and match frequency data were provided by the PHCT, who also participated in a postseason focus group. Associations between PA and team structures/processes were assessed using Pearson correlations. Framework analysis was used to explore PHCT perceptions of teamwork effectiveness. Results synthesis was guided by the In

SUBMITTER: Odetoyinbo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12278155 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature