Inside Football - Injuries in Rookies

New AFL funded research headed up by Collingwood's David Buttifant and Jason Berry shows that rookie AFL players are 14.3 times more likely to miss a match because of injury than more experienced players. Is it because they are just too developmentally immature in their first year or is there more to it? Read on to find out! (Document loaded as two separate pages.)

This article was originally published in the March 16, 2011 edition of Inside Football Magazine.

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Rugby League Week - On a knife's edge

Surgerys performed in an NRL club were tracked over 10 years. Read on to learn about predominant procedures, when they are performed and how players recover. This article was originally published in Rugby League Week on 2nd September 2009.

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Inside Football - Natural High

Used by elite individual athletes for decades, altitude training and the use of a simulated hypoxic (reduced oxygen) environment at sea level are relatively new to Australian Rules Football. While Collingwood have repeatedly travelled to altitude, players from some other clubs are experiencing a simulated altitude environment at home while sleeping, but are training at sea level. Which is more effective and what are the benefits for players? Read on to find out more.

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