At the turn of the millennium, a review paper was published in this journal on talent
identification and development in soccer (Williams & Reilly, 2000). In the current paper, we …

Background Expertise has been extensively studied in several sports over recent years. The
specificities of how excellence is achieved in Association Football, a sport practiced …

The purpose of this review article was firstly to evaluate the traditional approach to talent
identification in youth soccer and secondly present pilot data on a more holistic method for …

Talent identification research in soccer comprises the prediction of elite soccer performance.
While many studies in this field have aimed to empirically relate performance characteristics …

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 …

Coaches are faced with the difficult task of identifying and selecting athletes to their team.
Despite its widespread practice in sport, there is still much to learn about improving the …

This study aimed to:(i) analyze fat mass and physical fitness variations among age-groups
and playing positions, and (ii) explore the relationship between fat mass and physical fitness …

This paper reports qualitative findings regarding the concepts and practices utilised in talent
identification (TI) among professional coaches working in English youth soccer. Using …

This study investigated the effects of a congested match schedule (7 matches played in 7
days) on steroid hormone concentrations, mucosal immunity, session rating of perceived …

Game specific motor skills develop the foundation of the game of football. The importance of
fundamental motor skills as a substantial basis of sport-specific motor skills is generally …