Context: Most available data on athletic development training models focus on adult or
professional athletes, where increasing workload capacity and performance is a primary …

Background Motor competence is an integral component of the health and performance of
youth. Numerous studies support the hypothesis that motor competence interacts with …

Talent identification (TID) and talent development (TD) continue to receive significant
investment from team sports organisations, highlighting their importance in attempting to …

Featured Application Football coaching staff should pay special attention to the regular
monitoring of young players' development to balance and adapt training loads, carrying out …

Background The identification of sport talent among adolescent athletes is a topic that in
recent years has been a major focus of interest for both the scientific community and sport …

Background Both maturity and relative age selection biases are entrenched within
professional academy soccer programmes. Lay opinion, and that of some scholars, holds …

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of bio-banding on indicators of talent
identification in academy soccer players. Seventy-two 11 to 14-year-old soccer players were …

Aim The aim of this study was to examine the effect of bio-banding on technical and tactical
markers of talent identification in 11-to 14-year-old academy soccer players. Methods Using …

Professional soccer clubs invest significantly into the development of their academy
prospects with the hopes of producing elite players. Talented youngsters in elite …

Understanding the challenges football (soccer) players face during adolescence is
fundamental to avoid disruptions in their development due to injury. This mini review will …