Article
Downward trend of goal scoring in World Cup Soccer Tournaments (1930 to 2010)
Journal of Coaching Education
(2013)
Abstract
Association football is one of the most popular sports with more than 265 million players worldwide and 209 national associations. The climax on the calendar is the FIFA World Cup, an international football competition contested by the men’s national football teams of the member nations. This championship has been held every four years since the first tournament in 1930 with exceptions in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. Women too have a World Cup tournament that started in 1991 and is held every four years. The purpose of this commentary is to analyze the downward trend in scoring at World Cup tournaments from 1930 to 2010, with the aim of providing coaches, educators and sport scientists with possible reasons for the decline.
Keywords
- Coach Development,
- Coaching Confidence,
- Coach Certification
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
Citation Information
Wycliffe W Njororai Simiyu. "Downward trend of goal scoring in World Cup Soccer Tournaments (1930 to 2010)" Journal of Coaching Education (2013) p. 111 - 120 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wycliffe-njororaisimiyu/43/