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 …

Background Expertise has been extensively studied in several sports over recent years. The
specificities of how excellence is achieved in Association Football, a sport practiced …

Background Talent identification (TID) programs are an integral part of the selection process
for elite-level athletes. While many sport organizations utilize TID programs, there does not …

Using the modified Delphi method, we aimed to understand the attributes youth coaches
and recruiters perceive as important when identifying skilled youth performance at the entry …

Background To date, athletic performance has been extensively assessed in youth soccer
players through laboratory and field testing. Only recently has running performance via time …

An athletic profile should encompass the physiological, biomechanical, anthropometric and
performance measures pertinent to the athlete's sport and discipline. The measurement …

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 …

This study explored to which extent the development of German professional football players
is based on early talent identification (TID) and long-term nurture in talent promotion (TP) …

Background Talent identification and development (TID) programs aim to identify players
with the greatest potential for long-term success. Previous research suggests that the …

Understanding how youth football players base their game interactions may constitute a
solid criterion for fine-tuning the training process and, ultimately, to achieve better individual …