… orientations of male youth soccer players at the extremes of height and skeletal maturity in
two … The shortest and tallest players, and least and most skeletally mature players (n = 8 per …

… In the present study, youth soccer players of contrasting maturity status did not differ in
task or ego orientation. This contrasted with expectations that advanced maturation would be …

… contribution of experience, body size and maturity status to variation in sport-specific skills
of adolescent soccer players. The participants were 69 players aged 13.2 – 15.1 years from …

… soccer specific motor coordination, as well as speed and agility depending on age and
maturity in elite youth soccer players … study to classify players according to their maturity status. …

… on the match performance of 8- to 16-year-old, elite, male, youth soccer players. J Strength
… of biological maturity on match performance in elite, youth, male soccer players. The …

… The purpose of this study was to estimate the contribution of sexual maturity to the speed,
power and aerobic performances of Portuguese youth football (soccer) players 13–15 years of …

… that older players with advanced maturity have much less potential for development and,
thus, have a reduced margin for progression compared with players who are behind in maturity …

… are consistent with previous research within youth soccer which has used skeletal age as
an indicator of maturity status, whereby advanced maturity status appeared to act as a positive …

… early and late maturing youth soccer players when adjusted for lean … maturity can also
influence selection of youth athletes. Indeed, the combination of increased biological maturity and …

… in youth soccer players, biological maturity status independently influences anthropometric
and functional but not technical aspects. Biological maturity … (Under-17 players) only in the …