A brief review of handgrip strength and sport performance

J Cronin, T Lawton, N Harris, A Kilding… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Cronin, J, Lawton, T, Harris, N, Kilding, A, and McMaster, DT. A brief review of
handgrip strength and sport performance. J Strength Cond Res 31 (11): 3187–3217, 2017 …

The potential role of genetic markers in talent identification and athlete assessment in elite sport

Y Jacob, T Spiteri, NH Hart, RS Anderton - Sports, 2018 - mdpi.com
In elite sporting codes, the identification and promotion of future athletes into specialised
talent pathways is heavily reliant upon objective physical, technical, and tactical …

Age and maturity related differences in motor coordination among male elite youth soccer players

N Rommers, M Mostaert, L Goossens… - Journal of sports …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated differences in generic and soccer specific motor coordination, as well
as speed and agility depending on age and maturity in elite youth soccer players (U10-U15 …

Validation of a motor competence assessment tool for children and adolescents (KTK3+) with normative values for 6-to 19-year-olds

E Coppens, F Laureys, M Mostaert, E D'Hondt… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The use of the short form of the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK3) to evaluate
children's and adolescents' motor competence (MC) is increasing. When combined with an …

Modelling age-related changes in motor competence and physical fitness in high-level youth soccer players: implications for talent identification and development

J Fransen, KJM Bennett, CT Woods… - … and Medicine in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The effectiveness of early talent identification and development programs in soccer
is questionable due to the dynamic nature of these processes in young and adolescent …

Identification of elite performance characteristics in a small sample of taekwondo athletes

MRW Norjali Wazir, M Van Hiel, M Mostaert… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Along with the increasing popularity of taekwondo, there is a need of evidence-based talent
identification (TID) and development programs based upon profiles of future elite athletes …

Effects of neuromuscular training on motor competence and physical performance in young female volleyball players

N Trajković, Š Bogataj - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although neuromuscular training (NMT) emphasizes injury prevention training, there is little
information about its effects on performance in young athletes. This study aimed to …

Differences in the motor coordination abilities among adolescent gymnasts, swimmers, and ice hockey players

T Jaakkola, A Watt, S Kalaja - Human movement, 2017 - termedia.pl
Purpose Motor coordination is proposed to be a relatively stable age-related construct,
unlikely to be influenced by aligned experiential factors such as intensive sport-specific …

Field-based tests for the assessment of physical fitness in children and adolescents practicing sport: A systematic review within the ESA program

G Tabacchi, GF Lopez Sanchez, F Nese Sahin… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
High levels of physical fitness (PF) can positively affect both health and cognitive function,
thus monitoring its levels in youth can help increase health and quality of life in adult …

[PDF][PDF] Anthropometric and motor performance variables are decisive factors for the selection of junior national female volleyball players

A Tsoukos, S Drikos, LE Brown, K Sotiropoulos… - Journal of human …, 2019 - sciendo.com
This study examined whether anthropometric and fitness tests might successfully predict
selection of young female volleyball players for a junior national team. Sixty four female …