Background Repeated-sprint training (RST) involves maximal-effort, short-duration sprints
(≤ 10 s) interspersed with brief recovery periods (≤ 60 s). Knowledge about the acute …

Background A high level of participant skill is influential in determining the outcome of many
sports. Thus, tests assessing skill outcomes in sport are commonly used by coaches and …

Abstract Sassi, RH, Dardouri, W, Yahmed, MH, Gmada, N, Mahfoudhi, ME, and Gharbi, Z.
Relative and absolute reliability of a modified agility t-test and its relationship with vertical …

What are the most effective tools, techniques and technologies available to coaches and
sport scientists in the assessment of player and team performance? This is the first book …

Hachana, Y, Chaabène, H, Nabli, MA, Attia, A, Moualhi, J, Farhat, N, and Elloumi, M. Test-
retest reliability, criterion-related validity, and minimal detectable change of the Illinois agility …

The present study examined whether performance characteristics discriminated between
selected and deselected players in talent development programmes. This examination was …

To determine the relationship between multidimensional performance characteristics and
level of performance in talented youth field hockey players, elite youth players (n= 38, mean …

The aims of the current study were to assess the development and determine the underlying
mechanisms of sprinting and dribbling needed to compete at the highest level in youth …

To identify performance characteristics that could help predict future elite field hockey
players, we measured the anthropometric, physiological, technical, tactical, and …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the development of the
technical skill dribbling during ages 14–18 and adulthood playing level. The results gained …