Anthropometric and fitness characteristics of international, professional and amateur male graduate soccer players from an elite youth academy

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-95

  le Gall, Franck ^a   Carling, Christopher ^b   Williams, Mark ^c   Reilly, Thomas ^c  

^a Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre   (France)

^b Centre de Formation   (France)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Football; Maturity; Performance; Talent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MATURATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TORQUE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SCHOOLS; SOCCER;

EID: 72449135354     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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