Talent identification in sport: a systematic review

K Johnston, N Wattie, J Schorer, J Baker - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
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 …

A systematic review of dropout from organized sport among children and youth

J Crane, V Temple - European physical education review, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Leisure constraints theory was used as a framework to systematically review factors
associated with dropout of organized sport among children and adolescents. Keyword …

Bio-banding in youth sports: background, concept, and application

RM Malina, SP Cumming, AD Rogol… - Sports Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Inter-individual differences in size, maturity status, function, and behavior among youth of the
same chronological age (CA) have long been a concern in grouping for sport. Bio-banding …

[HTML][HTML] Maturity-associated considerations for training load, injury risk, and physical performance in youth soccer: One size does not fit all

C Towlson, J Salter, JD Ade, K Enright… - Journal of sport and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological maturation can be defined as the timing and tempo of progress to achieving a
mature state. The estimation of age of peak height velocity (PHV) or percentage of final …

Talent identification in youth soccer

V Unnithan, J White, A Georgiou, J Iga… - Journal of sports …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
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 in soccer: The role of maturity status on physical, physiological and technical characteristics

C Meylan, J Cronin, J Oliver… - International Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review around talent identification in soccer using
physiological and technical testing procedures, and to summarise the issues associated with …

Talent identification and recruitment in youth soccer: Recruiter's perceptions of the key attributes for player recruitment

P Larkin, D O'Connor - PLOS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Premier League academy soccer players' experiences of competing in a tournament bio-banded for biological maturation

SP Cumming, DJ Brown, S Mitchell… - Journal of sports …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Individual differences in the growth and maturation have been shown to impact player
performance and development in youth soccer. This study investigated Premier League …

[HTML][HTML] Drop-out from team sport among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

J Back, U Johnson, P Svedberg, A McCall… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decades, an increased drop-out rate in adolescents' team sport participation
is observed. Given the potential adverse consequences of drop-out from team sport more …

Methodological issues in soccer talent identification research

TLG Bergkamp, ASM Niessen, RJR den Hartigh… - Sports Medicine, 2019 - Springer
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 …