The first big effect of Ramadan is that matches are kicked off late
Impact of the month of Ramadan on Muslim footballers
Islam is one of the major religions in the world and there are more than 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. In areas where Islam is practiced, the game of soccer is also flourishing and Muslim players have to face the problem of fasting in the month of Ramadan, which is called Ramadan in English and Puasa in Malay. According to Islamic law, in the month of Ramadan, after sunrise and before sunset, which is also known as daylight, it is not possible to eat and drink, and devout believers don't even swallow saliva, so it is clear that this mode of living will have a certain degree of impact on the human body, and there have been a lot of studies in the past on the performance of the Muslim players during the month of Ramadan.
You have to eat, drink, sleep and play soccer.
Some laymen may ask: Do we need to control the food, drink, and sleep of the players in playing soccer? In fact, modern sports can not be separated from the sports science, eating, drinking, sleeping is a very important item of sports science, so the modern sports team will have a nutritionist, physical fitness instructor, psychological counselor, and some countries even have their own dietary team when they go out to play, all of which proves that eating, drinking, sleeping and other physiological research and management is an integral part of the modern sports.
First of all, we have to explain that the victory or defeat of a game can never be just a single factor, just like the eleven players on the field, it can't be because the right back played badly or it was raining heavily on that day, so it is so simple for us to lose the game, it must be a combination of all the factors, including morale, spirit, physical fitness, condition, tactics, weather, clinical play, timing of substitution, and even luck, and it is not possible to rely on just one of these factors to decide the victory or defeat of a game. It is impossible to rely on just one of these factors to decide the winner of a match, but conversely, if you want to increase your chances of winning a match, you should understand and fulfill each and every one of these factors.
This is why the Islamic world and even FIFA officials have invested in sports science research on Muslim players during the month of Ramadan over the past few years, because at a high level of athletic competition, even a 2% or even 1% impact can be the difference between winning and losing in the end, let's put it this way! The month of Ramadan should not be an excuse to win or lose a match, but a truly professional team will definitely take into account all the effects of Ramadan.
I asked the Muslim player and he said it won't affect the fitness yeah
In fact, in Taiwan there are many families with Islamic faith caretakers, during the month of Ramadan, when employers ask them whether it will affect their physical ability, their answer is negative, of course, you go to ask the Muslim players, he will inevitably be the same answer, because the first this is a habit that they have been raised from childhood, every year, and will not feel that it is something special, and the second is that they have the Islamic faith, and therefore it is unlikely to Secondly, they have the Islamic faith, so they are unlikely to criticize their own beliefs for causing their lives or physical disturbances, and thirdly, human feelings are not reliable, and the effects on the body should be proved through scientific data.
Some people may say, "I can see that the player is in a good physical condition on the field"! Unfortunately, there is no scientific evidence to show that you can tell a player's fitness status by looking at them. There are too many possibilities for a player's running to slow down, he may not be at his best, he may be injured, he may be tired, he may be tired and recover later, he may be tired and unable to recover, or he may just be tactically deployed or adjusted to his personal fitness, so there is no way to tell if a player's physical fitness is good or bad, at least not in a professional way. Physical fitness, at least definitely not in a professional way.
When it comes to professionalism, of course we have to present data, so what kind of data can prove the effect of Ramadan on players? What we need to present is of course medical evidence, not data from matches. Can a player's higher number of touches prove that he is fitter? There is actually no necessary relationship between the two, of course physical condition may affect performance, but good or bad performance does not necessarily prove good or bad physical condition, it is the same as when you have a cold when you are not well, it may affect your examination results, but if you do well in the examination, it does not mean that you do not have a cold on the day of the examination, the number of touches on the pitch may be related to the opponents, tactics, the turf, and other factors, and the irony of being able to directly prove it is that the Detecting the physiology of a player.
Why does the month of Ramadan affect players physiologically?
