Background Subtle differences in chronological age within sport (bi-) annual-age grou**s
can contribute to immediate participation and long-term attainment discrepancies; known as …

Football (soccer) is the world's most popular sport with most players being younger than 18
years. Playing football can induce beneficial health effects, but there is also a high risk of …

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 …

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

When placed into age groups for junior sporting competition, the relative differences in age
between children leads to a bias in who is evaluated as being talented. While the impact of …

Talent identification and development in football is a complex, multifaceted process.
Currently, most of the research in this domain is conducted in highly ranked, established …

Abstract Torres-Unda, J, Zarrazquin, I, Gravina, L, Zubero, J, Seco, J, Gil, SM, Gil, J, and
Irazusta, J. Basketball performance is related to maturity and relative age in elite adolescent …