Predictability of physiological testing and the role of maturation in talent identification for adolescent team sports

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-287

  Pearson, D T ^a   Naughton, G A ^b   Torode, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Talent identification; Team sport

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGILITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; MATURATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; SKILL; SPORT; STRENGTH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APTITUDE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPORTS;

EID: 33746033743     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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