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Special populations: The female player and the youth player

Journal of Sports Sciences, 2006
Females and youth are frequently described as "special" populations in football literature, but together these two populations outnumber male players. What makes females "special" is that they tend to eat less when training and competing than their male counterparts, leading to lower intakes of energy, carbohydrate, and some nutrients.
Christine A, Rosenbloom, Anne B, Loucks, Bjorn, Ekblom   +2 more
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Scanning activity in elite youth football players

Journal of Sports Sciences, 2021
The purpose of this study was to analyse the scanning behaviour of elite youth football players across different playing positions and age groups during high-level matches. Data was obtained by filming the 2018 UEFA European U17 and U19 Championship semi-finals and finals.
Karl Marius Aksum, Marius Pokolm, Christian Thue Bjørndal, Robert Rein, Daniel Memmert, Geir Jordet   +5 more
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Training Practices in Youth Rugby Players

2022
The quantification and evaluation of training practices in youth rugby players, including exposure to competition and training loads, is important for supporting long-term athletic development. This chapter discusses the research that focused on training practices and loads of youth rugby players from macrocycle to individual session characteristics ...
Padraic Phibbs, Timothy Hartwig, Sarah Whitehead   +2 more
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Arm Pain in Youth Baseball Players

The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014
Background: Overuse injury in youth baseball players is increasing in prevalence, and these injuries have been correlated to pitching mechanics and pitch counts/types. Prior studies regarding arm pain in these athletes have focused simply on presence or absence of pain during the season rather than on detailed factors related to arm pain with respect ...
Eric C, Makhni, Zachary S, Morrow, Timothy J, Luchetti, Pallavi S, Mishra-Kalyani, Anthony P, Gualtieri, Randall W, Lee, Christopher S, Ahmad   +6 more
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Anthropometric Characteristics of Columbia, South Carolina, Youth Baseball Players and Dixie Youth World Series Players

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare measures of body size in two samples of youth baseball players with normative data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth charts. One sample of youth baseball players participated in a local little league.
Karen E, French, John H, Spurgeon, Michael E, Nevett   +2 more
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Performance Profiling of Female Youth Netball Players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2020
Abstract McKenzie, CR, Whatman, C, and Brughelli, M. Performance profiling of female youth netball players. J Strength Cond Res 34(11): 3275–3283, 2020—The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical performance characteristics of New Zealand secondary school netball players to provide a physical performance profile and determine ...
Chloe R, McKenzie, Chris, Whatman, Matt, Brughelli   +2 more
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Rate of Injury Among Youth Lacrosse Players

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2014
This study describes the rate of injury and the types and mechanisms of injuries incurred by girls and boys during youth recreational lacrosse.Prospective cohort study.Games were played at a large turf community athletic complex.Participants included male and female lacrosse players aged 9-15 years.
Andrew E, Lincoln, Meira, Yeger-McKeever, William, Romani, Lisa R, Hepburn, Reginald E, Dunn, Richard Y, Hinton   +5 more
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Shoulder adaptive changes in youth baseball players

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 2006
Shoulder adaptive changes in response to overhand throwing have been observed in adults, but the age of onset and progression of these adaptive changes have not been established. Two-hundred ninety-eight youth baseball players (8- to 28-year-olds) were studied to determine whether shoulder range of motion and laxity differences between the dominant and
William N, Levine, Mark L, Brandon, Beth E, Shubin Stein, Thomas R, Gardner, Louis U, Bigliani, Christopher S, Ahmad   +5 more
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Ecology of player-to-player contact in boys' youth soccer play

Journal of Safety Research, 2006
Youth soccer (football) injuries occur for a wide range of reasons, but the most frequent cause of injury is via player-to-player contact. This study was designed to study the ecology of collisions between players during youth soccer play.Six teams of 11- and 12-year-old male players were followed over the course of a full season. Games were videotaped
David C, Schwebel, McCall, McDaniel, Mark M, Banaszek   +2 more
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Soccer Injuries in Female Youth Players

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2007
A cross-sectional survey of injuries among female youth soccer players found 44.6% (95% confidence interval 34.9%-54.8%) had ever been injured. The injury incidence rate for the current season was 2.2/1000 soccer exposure hours (95% CI 1.5-3.1). Future studies should evaluate modifiable risk factors in youth to identify injury prevention strategies.
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