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 …

Background Talent identification (TID) programs are an integral part of the selection process
for elite-level athletes. While many sport organizations utilize TID programs, there does not …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The aim of the present systematic review was to profile soccer
players' anthropometric, physiological, and physical attributes relative to different …

Using the modified Delphi method, we aimed to understand the attributes youth coaches
and recruiters perceive as important when identifying skilled youth performance at the entry …

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 …

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 …

There is a growing interest in knowing the relationship between biological maturation and
sport performance-related variables of young athletes. The objective of this study is to …

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

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 …