Physical characteristics and the talent identification and development processes in male youth soccer: A narrative review

AL Kelly, CA Williams - Strength & Conditioning Journal, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Talent identification and development in male youth soccer are complex and
multidimensional processes. The English Football Association “4 Corner Model” is often …

Psychosocial impacts of sports-related injuries in adolescent athletes

K Haraldsdottir, AM Watson - Current sports medicine reports, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Adolescence represents a time of tremendous physical, social, and emotional growth, and
sport participation can provide significant mental health benefits for young athletes. Injuries …

Push and pull factors: contextualising biological maturation and relative age in talent development systems

L Sweeney, J Taylor, Á MacNamara - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this conceptual paper, we contextualise ongoing attempts to manage challenge dynamics
in talent systems in sport. Firstly, we review the broad literature base related to biological …

Test–retest reliability of physical fitness tests among young athletes: The FITescola® battery

D Henriques‐Neto, C Minderico… - Clinical Physiology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring physical fitness in young athletes is essential to improve physical performance,
identify talents and develop injury prevention programs. The aim of this investigation was to …

Youth sport participation trends across Europe: implications for policy and practice

S Emmonds, K Till, D Weaving, A Burton… - … quarterly for exercise …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Despite the known health and wellbeing benefits of taking part in sport for children
and adolescents, it is reported that sports participation declines during adolescence. The …

A tale of two selection biases: The independent effects of relative age and biological maturity on player selection in the Football Association of Ireland's national talent …

L Sweeney, SP Cumming… - … Journal of Sports …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated the associations between biological maturation status (classified
using the Khamis–Roche method for the percentage of predicted adult height at the time of …

Children's physical self-concept, motivation, and physical performance: does physical self-concept or motivation play a mediating role?

A Lohbeck, P Von Keitz, A Hohmann… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The present study aimed to examine the relations between physical self-concept, intrinsic
and extrinsic motivation as well as physical performance of 1,082 children aged 7–8 years …

The socialisation of athlete irrational beliefs

AM King, MJ Turner, CR Plateau, JB Barker - Journal of Rational-Emotive …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract According to Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), humans have a strong
biological tendency to adopt self-defeating irrational beliefs which are subsequently driven …

The impact of peripheral vision on manual reaction time using fitlight technology for handball, basketball and volleyball players

D Badau, AM Stoica, MF Litoi, A Badau, D Duta… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The purpose of the research was to identify the impact of peripheral (unilateral and bilateral)
vision on manual reaction time to visual stimuli in handball, basketball and volleyball players …

The influence of body composition on sagittal plane posture among elementary school-aged children

BM Jorgić, SN Đorđević, MM Hadžović, S Milenković… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Proper posture, characterized by the appropriate alignment of the cervical, thoracic, and
lumbar segments of the spine, enables these regions to maintain their normal curvature …