Positioning and deciding: Key factors for talent development in soccer

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 846-852

  Kannekens, R ^a   Elferink Gemser, M T ^a   Visscher, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Experts; Position in the field; Tactics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; SPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; SOCCER;

EID: 82455186886     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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