Talent identification in youth soccer

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1719-1726

  Unnithan, Viswanath ^a   White, Jordan ^a   Georgiou, Andreas ^a   Iga, John ^b   Drust, Barry ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physiologic predictors; Small sided games; Youth soccer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; GROWTH; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RUNNING; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; GROWTH; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; RUNNING; SOCCER;

EID: 84870403756     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.731515     Document Type: Review

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