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Effect of New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract on Performance during the Running Based Anaerobic Sprint Test in Trained Youth and Recreationally Active Male Football Players [PDF]

Sports, 2017
It was observed previously that New Zealand blackcurrant (NZBC) extract reduced slowing of the maximal 15 m sprint speed during the Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test.
Charlie Godwin, Matthew D. Cook, Mark E. T. Willems   +2 more
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Misalignments in athletic ambitions and motives for participation in youth football: a cross-sectional study of players, parents, and coaches [PDF]

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
IntroductionWhile the gender gap in ambitions and motives in sports has been widely studied, less attention has been paid to the potential discrepancies between the perspectives of youth athletes, their coaches, and their parents. This study examines the
Siv Skard, Malene Joensen, Hilde Gundersen, Hege Randi Eriksen   +3 more
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Talent Selection Strategies and Relationship With Success in European Basketball National Team Programs

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
There is limited knowledge of the talent selection strategies used by national sporting organizations to identify and develop talented players in basketball.
Anton Kalén, Alexis Padrón-Cabo, Erik Lundkvist, Ezequiel Rey, Alexandra Pérez-Ferreirós   +4 more
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An early start at a professional soccer academy is no prerequisite for world cup soccer participation

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023
Introduction829 players from 32 nations on five continents participated in the 2022 men's World Cup tournament in Qatar. Not much is known about the youth careers of World Cup players from all over the world, especially about the age at which they began ...
Sebastiaan Willem-Jan Platvoet, Germen van Heuveln, Jos van Dijk, Jos van Dijk, Tom Stevens, Mark de Niet   +5 more
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Youth-to-senior transition in women's and girls' football: Towards a better understanding of relative age effects and gender-specific considerations.

PLoS ONE, 2023
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 (N = 416), 19 (N = 265) and National Senior team (N = 93) were ...
Paolo Riccardo Brustio, Roberto Modena, Gennaro Boccia, Matteo Vogliazzo, Adam Leigh Kelly   +4 more
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Level of State Anxiety among Youth Football Players According Different Playing Positions [PDF]

Sport Mont, 2019
The aim of the study was to examine and describe the level of state anxiety among football players according different playing positions. The research group consisted 61 male youth football players (goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and (forwards ...
Kenioua Mouloud
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Physical match performance of japanese top-level futsal players in different categories and playing positions

Biology of Sport, 2020
To examine the substitution characteristics during official matches and the physical match performances of Japanese top-level futsal players in different categories and playing positions. Overall, 79 adult (age: 28.4 ± 4.6 years) and 59 youth (age: 17.1 ±
Tatsuhiro Ohmuro, Yusuke Iso, Akinori Tobita, Shu Hirose, Satoshi Ishizaki, Kenichi Sakaue, Mikinobu Yasumatsu   +6 more
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The value of technical characteristics for future performance in youth tennis players: A prospective study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine whether technical characteristics predict current and future tennis performance of youth tennis players. Twenty-nine male youth tennis players (age 13.40 ± .51) were assessed on anthropometrical characteristics (height,
Nikki S Kolman, Barbara C H Huijgen, Chris Visscher, Marije T Elferink-Gemser   +3 more
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Attentional control and its relationship to the accuracy of some types of basketball shooting for Iraqi youth club’s players

الرياضة المعاصرة, 2021
The importance of this study is reflected in the fact that it is an attempt to identify attentional control and its relationship to the accuracy of some types of basketball shooting for youth players for Iraqi Premier League clubs for youth for the ...
Alyaa Mohammed Ali, Dr. Intisar Uaid
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Construction of Endurance Of Compound Skill Performance Test For Youth Handball Players Of The Northern Region [PDF]

مجلة الرافدين للعلوم الرياضية, 2014
The research aims at:- -Constructing of endurance of compound skill performance test for youth handball players of northern region. The scopes of the research included the following: - Human scope: youth handball players of northern region ...
ad Basim Jameel, Zena Abdul kareem Qasim
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