Assist. Prof. Tomas Maly, Ph.D.

Strength and Conditioning, Load Management, Isokinetic Strength, Return To Play in soccer

• Ph.D. degree holder (2009) at Charles University in Prague
• From 2007 researcher and academic worker at Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague
• Since 2012, Strength and Conditioning coach at first male team AC Sparta Praha
• Holder of UEFA “A” football licence
• Published 41 papers in IF journals (indexed on WoS), H – index: 14

Career:

2003 – 2007: assistant at Faculty of Sports, Prešov University in Prešov

2007 – now: researcher, Sport research centre, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University in Prague

Activities within the last 5 years:

• research at the workplace (Sport Research Centre)
• publications: Total records on WoS: 84, IF papers: 41, co-author of book – 4x, co-author chapters in scientific monographs of international level – 12x,
• professional lecturer (The Football Association of the Czech Republic), holder of UEFA “A” soccer licence
• active participation at scientific conferences (Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Nebraska, Indianapolis, Portland, Orlando, Nagoya, Liverpool, Minneapolis, Ghent, Frankfurt, Colorado, Oslo..)
• invited speaker (3x)

Scientific Awards:

3^rd place: Tom Reilly New Investigator Award, Science and Football, VII^th World Congress, Nagoya, Japan (26.-30.5.2011)

Scientific project administrator (Principal Investigator):

Postgradual project GACR – P407-11-P784 „Isokinetic muscular strength and muscle imbalances as the determinant of physical fitness, which can influence the quality of life among youth people“  Time period  (2011 – 2013)

Standard project GACR-16-21791S “Identification, differentiation and discrimination of maladaptive processes in children and youth“.(2016-2018).

Reviewer in IF journals:

Reviewer of IF journal: Sports Medicine, International Journal of Sports Medicine, Scandinavian Journal of Sport Science & Medicine, Sports Biomechanics, Research Quarterly for Exercises and Sport, Perceptual and Motor Skills…

Patents: Holder of 2 domestic and 1 International EU patents (Zahalka, F., Maly, T., Vodicka, P., Device for lower extremity muscle force measurement in isokinetic movement conditions and procedure for the measurement carried out on the device, P.No.18829195.9-1115, 2020

• Maly, T., Sugimoto, D., Izovska, J., Zahálka, F., & Mala, L. (2018). Effect of muscular strength, asymmetries and fatigue on kicking performance in soccer players. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 39(4), 297-303.
• Maly, T., Zahálka, F., Mala, L., & Teplan, J. (2014). Profile, Correlation and Structure of Speed in Youth Elite Soccer Players. Journal of Human Kinetics, 40(1), 149-159.
• Mala, L., Hank, M., Stastny, P., Zahalka, F., Ford, K. R., Zmijewski, P., . . . Maly, T. (2023). Elite young soccer players have smaller inter-limb asymmetry and better body composition than non-elite players. Biology of Sport, 40(1), 265-272. 
• Maly, T., Mala, L., Bujnovsky, D., Hank, M., & Zahalka, F. (2019). Morphological and isokinetic strength differences: bilateral and ipsilateral variation by different sport activity. Open Medicine, 14(1), 207-216.
• Petr, M., Thiel, D., Kvapilova, K., Broz, P., Maly, T., Zahalka, F., Vostatkova, P., Wilk, M., Chycki, J., & Stastny, P. (2022). Speed and power-related gene polymorphisms associated with playing position in elite soccer players. Biology of Sport, 39(2), 355-366.