Background Sprinting is important for both individual and team sports, and enhancing
performance is often done through resisted, assisted, or combined sprint training. However …

Background: Limited data are available on the long-term consequences of early sports
specialization in high-level athletes. Purpose: To evaluate the existing literature on the …

This study aimed to evaluate youth-to-senior transition and the relative age effect in Italian
female football national teams. Birthdate data of 774 female players selected for Under 17 …

This study aimed (a) to estimate the transition rate for top 50 ranked track and field
jumpers,(b) to compare the performance progression of top 50 ranked senior jumpers (top50 …

Objectives To quantify the junior-to-senior successful transition rate in sprint swimming
events in elite European performers. Design Retrospective analysis of publicly available …

Purpose: This study aimed to describe the career performance progression of elite early-and
later-success international swimmers competing in sprint events (ie, 50 and 100 m) …

Athlete participation in youth international competitions is often regarded as crucial to the
attainment of future success. However, the link between participation and performance in …

Background. The importance of predicting talents in children is so that hidden sports talents
have opportunities to be developed. Objectives. This study aims to predict the talent level of …

Objective This study was conducted to investigate the performance difference for current
World (Junior and Senior) and Paralympic (Senior) record holders according to origin of …

Purpose: This study investigated (1) the transition rate of elite world-class throwers,(2) the
age of peak performance in either elite junior and/or elite senior athletes, and (3) if relative …