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 literature base regarding the development of sporting talent is extensive, and includes
empirical articles, reviews, position papers, academic books, governing body documents …

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

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 …

Abstract Lloyd, RS, Oliver, JL, Faigenbaum, AD, Myer, GD, and De Ste Croix, MBA.
Chronological age vs. biological maturation: Implications for exercise programming in youth …

Soccer players are required to anticipate and react continuously in a changing, relatively
unpredictable situation in the field. Cognitive functions might be important to be successful in …

The overall objective of this review was to investigate the role and development of sprinting
speed in soccer. Time–motion analyses show that short sprints occur frequently during …

Within the UK, the “Long Term Athlete Development”(LTAD) model has been proposed by a
variety of national governing bodies to offer a first step to considering the approach to talent …

Many children strive to attain excellence in sport. However, although talent identification and
development programmes have gained popularity in recent decades, there remains a lack of …

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 …