The changing shape of "successful" professional footballers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 419-426

  Nevill, Alan ^a   Holder, Roger ^b   Watts, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary logistic regression; Body shape; Ectomorphy; Reciprocal ponderal index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849105545     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802668676     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Atkinson, G. and Nevill, A. M. (2001) Selected issues in the design and analysis of sport performance research. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1, pp. 811-827.
2. Dunk, P. (1974) Rothman's football yearbook 1974-75, The Queen Anne Press, London
3. Dunk, P. (1984) Rothman's football yearbook 1984-85, The Queen Anne Press/Macdonald & Co, London
4. Duquet, W. and Carter, J. E. L. (1996) Somatotyping. Kinanthropometry and exercise physiology laboratory manual, pp. 41-43. E & FN Spon, London
5. Franks, A., Williams, A. M., Reilly, T. and Nevill, A. (1999) Talent identification in elite youth soccer players: Physical and physiological characteristics. Journal of Sports Sciences, 17, p. 812.
6. Fredriks, A. M., van Buuren, S., van Heel, W. J. M., Dijkman-Neerincx, R. H. M., Verloove-Vanhorick, S. P. and Wit, J. M. (2005) Nationwide age references for sitting height, leg length, and sitting height/height ratio, and their diagnostic value for disproportionate growth disorders. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90, pp. 807-812.
7. Garn, S. M. (1987) The secular trend in size and maturational timing and its implications for nutritional assessment. Journal of Nutrition, 117, pp. 817-823.
8. Nevill, A. M., Atkinson, G., Hughes, M. and Cooper, S.-M. (2002) Statistical methods for analysing discrete and categorical data recorded in sport performance and notation analyses. Journal of Sports Sciences, 20, pp. 829-844.
9. Norton, K. and Olds, T. (2001) Morphological evolution of athletes over the 20th century. Sports Medicine, 31, pp. 763-783.
10. Olds, T. (2001) The evolution of physique in male rugby union players in the twentieth century. Journal of Sports Sciences, 19, pp. 253-262.
11. Rampinini, E., Impellizzeri, F. M., Castagna, C., Coutts, A. J. and Wisløff, U. (2009) Technical performance during soccer matches of the Italian Serie A league: Effect of fatigue and competitive level. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12, pp. 227-233.
12. Reilly, T., Bangsbo, J. and Franks, A. (2000) Anthropometric and physiological predispositions for elite soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences, 18, pp. 669-683.
13. Reilly, T., Williams, A. M., Nevill, A. and Franks, A. (2000) A multidisciplinary approach to talent identification in soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences, 18, pp. 695-702.
14. Rollin, G. and Rollin, J. (2004) Sky Sports football yearbook 2004-2005, Headline Book Publishing, London
15. Rollin, J. (1994) Rothman's year book 1994-5, Headline Book Publishing, London
16. Tanaka, K. Y. and Matsuura, A. (1982) Multivariate analysis of the role of certain anthropometric and physiological attributes in distance running. Annals of Human Biology, 9, pp. 473-482.
17. Tipton, M. (2005) Environmental factors.pp. 58-66. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford