Characteristics of youth soccer players aged 13-15 years classified by skill level

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 290-295

  Malina, Robert M ^a,b   Ribeiro, Basil ^c   Aroso, João ^d   Cumming, Sean P ^e  

^a Tarleton State University ^*  (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

^d Sporting Lisbon Football Club   (Portugal)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDURANCE; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATURITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SPORTING EVENT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCCER;

EID: 34247855717     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.031294     Document Type: Article

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