The developmental activities of elite soccer players aged under-16 years from Brazil, England, France, Ghana, Mexico, Portugal and Sweden

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1653-1663

  Ford, Paul R ^a   Carling, Christopher ^b,c   Garces, Marco ^d   Marques, Mauricio ^e   Miguel, Carlos ^f   Farrant, Andrew ^g   Stenling, Andreas ^h   Moreno, Jansen ^a   Le Gall, Franck ^c   Holmström, Stefan ^h   Salmela, John H ⁱ   Williams, A Mark ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre de Formation   (France)

^d Universidad del Futbol y Ciencias del Deporte   (Mexico)

^e PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^g Right to Dream Academy   (Ghana)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Skill acquisition; Talent development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; GHANA; HUMAN; MEXICO; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; RECREATION; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; GHANA; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MEXICO; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCCER; SPORTS;

EID: 84870438296     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.701762     Document Type: Article

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