Psychological talent predictors in youth soccer: A systematic review of the prognostic relevance of psychomotor, perceptual-cognitive and personality-related factors

D Murr, P Feichtinger, P Larkin, DO 'Connor… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Within the multidimensional nature of soccer talent, recently there has been an increasing
interest in psychological characteristics. The aim of this present research was to …

Effects of small-sided game interventions on the technical execution and tactical behaviors of young and youth team sports players: A systematic review and meta …

FM Clemente, R Ramirez-Campillo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Small-sided games (SSGs) are an adjusted form of official games that are often
used in training scenarios to introduce a specific tactical issue to team sports players …

Creating a framework for talent identification and development in emerging football nations

KJM Bennett, R Vaeyens, J Fransen - Science and Medicine in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Talent identification and development in football is a complex, multifaceted process.
Currently, most of the research in this domain is conducted in highly ranked, established …

Longitudinal motor performance development in early adolescence and its relationship to adult success: An 8-year prospective study of highly talented soccer players

D Leyhr, A Kelava, J Raabe, O Höner - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Several talent identification and development (TID) programs in soccer have implemented
diagnostics to measure players' motor performance. Yet, there is a lack of research …

Validation of a motor competence assessment tool for children and adolescents (KTK3+) with normative values for 6-to 19-year-olds

E Coppens, F Laureys, M Mostaert, E D'Hondt… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The use of the short form of the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK3) to evaluate
children's and adolescents' motor competence (MC) is increasing. When combined with an …

Longitudinal physical development of future professional male soccer players: Implications for talent identification and development?

C Saward, M Hulse, JG Morris, H Goto… - Frontiers in sports and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present study examined if elite youth male association football (soccer) players aged 8–
19 y (n= 2,875) from the English talent development system, who ultimately achieved …

[HTML][HTML] Motor performance in male youth soccer players: a Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

M Abarghoueinejad, ADG Baxter-Jones, TN Gomes… - Sports, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize the available information
regarding longitudinal data addressing young soccer players' motor performance changes …

Same or different? A comparison of anthropometry, physical fitness and perceptual motor characteristics in male and female youth soccer players

J O'Brien-Smith, KJM Bennett, J Fransen… - Science and Medicine …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Little is known about the key performance characteristics of female players
throughout adolescence, and how they compares to male players. The aim of this study was …

Development of a tool to assess fundamental movement skills in applied settings

S Platvoet, IR Faber, M de Niet, R Kannekens… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The main aim of this study was to evaluate a new combination of test items on its practical
use as a tool for determining the fundamental movement skills performance in 6-to 10-year …

Why the use of segmented regression analysis to explore change in relations between variables is problematic: A simulation study.

M Breit, J Preuß, V Scherrer, F Preckel - Psychological Methods, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Relations between variables can take different forms like linearity, piecewise linearity, or
nonlinearity. Segmented regression analyses (SRA) are specialized statistical methods that …