Background Monitoring resistance training has a range of unique difficulties due to
differences in physical characteristics and capacity between athletes, and the indoor …

Talent identification (TID) and talent development (TD) continue to receive significant
investment from team sports organisations, highlighting their importance in attempting to …

The modern-day landscape of Olympic and Professional sport is arguably more competitive
than ever. One consequence of this is the increased focus on identifying and developing …

Understanding the physical qualities of athletes can lead to improved training prescription,
monitoring, and ranking. Consequently, testing and profiling athletes is an important aspect …

Purpose: To compare the sprint mechanical force–velocity (F–V) profile between soccer and
futsal players. A secondary aim was, within each sport, to study the differences in sprint …

Rugby union (RU) is a skill-collision team sport played at junior and senior levels worldwide.
Within England, age-grade rugby governs the participation and talent development of youth …

Although there is an extensive literature about talent development, the lack of data
pertaining to females is problematic. Indeed, the gender data gap can be seen in practically …

Sprinting is a key component for many individual and team sports. Therefore, to enhance
sprint performance, various training methods are widely used by coaches and practitioners …

In the present research, we analyzed the effects of self-efficacy (SE) on physical and
cognitive performance in real-world settings as a function of the metacognitive certainty in …

Prior research has shown that non-verbal behavior (eg, overt head movements) can
moderate the effects of positive and negative self-talk on physical performance. In the …