Yesterday, the Football Association organized a workshop on the importance of nutrition for soccer practitioners, with a video-telephony system, with the wide participation of medical staff working in clubs and national teams. The workshop presented by the nutritionist at Zayed Military Hospital in Abu Dhabi, the skill of Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi, addressed several axes, the first of which is the field of nutrition for athletes in general, and football players in particular, including the definition of the main energy sources of food (carbohydrates, proteins and fats), and percentages of the required quantity The calories your body needs, with a detailed explanation of the proportions and benefits of each source separately.
One of the axes reviewed the consequences of losing the player's body to the fluids that expose the footballer to five risks represented in poor performance and effort during training, fatigue, exhaustion, inability to focus, in addition to muscle spasm, and increased risk of injuries.
As for the second axis, it touched on the ball player's needs of thermal energy, which depends on several factors, including: player weight, gender (male / female), type of training, duration and frequency in addition to the factor of climatic conditions, and the method of calculating the necessary calories.
The third axis of the workshop discussed the relationship between nutrition and sports, which is that healthy balanced nutrition is an integral component in addition to training in improving athletic performance, and its role in raising athletic performance and efficiency, and alerting participants to the opposite results of food in the event of exceeding the required quantity, which may cause an increase in Weight and obesity diseases.
As for the fourth axis, it witnessed providing examples of integrated food meals before, during and after training or matches, the importance of relaxation to ensure the recovery of muscles and entire body organs, and emphasizing the importance of drinking enough water and sports drinks, and its important role in the physical composition of the player’s body, just like food. Calculating the amount of fluids a player’s body needs, and this axis also reviewed the dependencies of the body’s loss of fluids, which exposes the soccer player to poor performance and effort during training, fatigue, fatigue and lack of concentration, in addition to muscle spasm and an increased risk of exposure to For injuries.