Tactical skills of world-class youth soccer teams

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 807-812

  Kannekens, Rianne ^a   Elferink Gemser, Marije T ^a   Visscher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive standard; Declarative knowledge; Procedural knowledge; Talent development; Young athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SPORTING EVENT; TEAM SPORT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MOTOR SKILLS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650885850     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410902894339     Document Type: Article

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