At the turn of the millennium, a review paper was published in this journal on talent
identification and development in soccer (Williams & Reilly, 2000). In the current paper, we …

Cognition plays a key role in sports performance. This meta-analytic review synthesizes
research that examined the relationship between cognitive functions, skills, and sports …

The purpose of this paper was to systematically review and organise the literature on soccer
SSGs, in order to ascertain the most frequently researched topics, characterise the …

RESULTS The strongest evidence for type of nature exposure was residential green space
studies (n= 147, 50%). The strongest evidence for the beneficial health effects of nature was …

Several recent systematic and targeted reviews have highlighted limitations in our
understanding of talent in sport. However, a comprehensive profile of where the scientific …

Talent identification (TID) and development (TDE) are large fields in professional soccer and
in science. However, TID and TDE processes in youth academies have not been assessed …

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 …

Due to the tremendous popularity of youth football, practitioners in this domain face the
ongoing question of the most effective solutions in early talent selection. Although the …

Within the multidimensional nature of soccer talent, recently there has been an increasing
interest in psychological characteristics. The aim of this present research was to …

Talent identification and development in male youth soccer are complex and
multidimensional processes. The English Football Association “4 Corner Model” is often …