Context: Most available data on athletic development training models focus on adult or
professional athletes, where increasing workload capacity and performance is a primary …

Abstract Purpose of Review Youth sports participation has shifted from a school-based,
seasonal activity to club-based, year-round activity over the past 10–15 years. Single sport …

Soccer biomechanics is a field that applies principles of mechanics to improve performance
and reduce the risk of injury for soccer players. The purpose of this research is to perform a …

Background: Endocrine mechanisms can be a determining factor in the neuromuscular
performance of young athletes. Objective: The objective of the present study was to relate …

Across a range of youth sport contexts, early specialization (ie, intensive engagement in a
single sport from an early age) has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes …

Coordinative patterns require experience and learning to be acquired, producing
movements that offer efficient solutions to various situations and involving certain degree of …

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a parkour-based warm-up to a
conventional neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up on the athletic capabilities of youth …

Long-term athletic development practices have been recommended for the past two
decades. However, limited research exists exploring the knowledge and skills required by …

Early sport specialization involves physically immature children participating in intensive
year-round training and/or competition for a single sport. The lack of sport exposure and …

Background It has been well established that proprioception plays a decisive role in
shoulder stability and sport performance. Notwithstanding, there is a lack of clear …