The purpose of this review article was firstly to evaluate the traditional approach to talent
identification in youth soccer and secondly present pilot data on a more holistic method for …

Traditional talent development pathways for adolescents in team sports follow talent
identification procedures based on subjective games ratings and isolated athletic …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review around talent identification in soccer using
physiological and technical testing procedures, and to summarise the issues associated with …

Abstract Bishop, C, Read, P, McCubbine, J, and Turner, A. Vertical and horizontal
asymmetries are related to slower sprinting and jump performance in elite youth female …

Exemplary scientific methods describe concepts and provide theories for further testing. For
the field of relative age effects (RAEs) in sport, the scientific method appears to be limited to …

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

The present study aimed to investigate positional differences in 744 high-level soccer
players, aged 8 to 18 years. Players were assigned to six age groups (U9–U19) and divided …

Objectives The main and interactive effects of biological maturity status and relative age
upon self-regulation in male academy soccer players are considered. Consistent with the …

The relative age effect (RAE) and its relationships with maturation, anthropometry, and
physical performance characteristics were examined across a representative sample of …

The aim of the current research was to investigate the relative age effect (RAE) as a factor of
basketball dropout. In order to do so, we examined the distribution of birth dates of young …