Biological maturity and the anthropometric, physical and technical assessment of talent identified U16 Australian footballers

Cripps, Ashley; Joyce, Christopher; Woods, Carl T.; Hopper, Luke

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“… Straight dribbling, slalom dribbling + dual task Technical skills discriminate players from different performance levels Bennett et al [ 54 ] CS High Soccer AUS m 55 13.3 ± 1.2 OR comp. Attempted/completed dribbles, passes, touches, shots, and Total actions Technical skills discriminate players from different performance levels Cripps et al [ 55 ] CS Moderate Australian Football AUS ? 50 15.6 ± 0.4 OR exp.…”

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“…Conducting an ‘outcome-related’ and ‘experimental’ methods approach in basketball, significantly better shooting (Cohen’s d = 1.11), passing ( d = 1.20), dribbling ( d = − 1.62) and defense ( d = − 1.05) skills were found for athletes selected to an elite regional team compared to non-selected athletes [ 66 ]. Also following an ‘outcome-related’ and ‘experimental’ methods approach, a study in Australian Football identified handball skills as being the most robust single measure (area under receiver operator curve = 76%, confidence interval = 62.5–89.5%) in a full logistic regression model to explain status (non-/state representation) [ 55 ]. In their study of young soccer players (U12–U15), Höner et al [ 46 ] investigated technical skills applying an ‘experimental’ method set-up and a combination of both ‘technique-related’ and ‘outcome-related’ method types.…”

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Assessing Technical Skills in Talented Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review

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Background Talent identification and development (TID) programs aim to identify players with the greatest potential for long-term success. Previous research suggests that the assessment of sport-specific technical skills is valuable for discriminating between more and less skilled individuals and/or for predicting future performance. Objective This review aims to provide an overview on both the instruments used to assess sport-specific technical skills and their discriminatory, explanatory and/or predictive findings in the context of TID. Methods Electronic searches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Knowledge, SPORTDiscus, SURF and Scopus (January 1990–October 2019). Search terms covered the areas of sport, technical skills assessment, performance, skill level and youth. In the end, 59 relevant studies were identified and evaluated. Results The results highlight the widespread and important role of technical skills in TID; almost all studies (93%) reported discriminatory, explanatory and/or predictive benefits for the assessment of sport-specific technical skills. Analyzing and categorizing the number of assessment methods applied in the studies ( n = 69) according to their method type (‘technique-related’ or ‘outcome-related’ variables) and method set-up (‘experimental’ or ‘competition’ data acquisition environment) indicated a clear tendency towards ‘outcome-related’ (73%) and ‘experimental’ (75%) assessment methods. We also found a strong overrepresentation of studies assessing cross-sectional data (75%) in soccer (53%) in male samples (74% of studies reporting subjects’ sex) from European countries (64%). Conclusions On the one hand, our findings demonstrate the great capability of sport-specific technical skills assessments to discriminate different performance levels and predict future performance in TID activities. On the other hand, this review highlights the focus on ‘outcome-related’ and ‘experimental’ methods in specific populations and, consequently, the limited knowledge in other areas. Here, the application of ‘technique-related’ and ‘competition’ methods appears promising for adding new knowledge, especially in the light of technological advances.

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Assessing Technical Skills in Talented Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review

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“…These are likely inclusive of physical, technical and tactical capacities 3,23,24 , psychological constitution, and competition performance 25 . Multidisciplinary talent identification approaches have been shown to enhance the predictive outcomes of the athlete identification at junior levels of the Australian football talent pathway process 23,24 . However, research is yet to explore the multitude of factors longitudinally to establish if particular qualities are more or less stable within junior athletes or important for career outcomes.…”

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Does the longitudinal development of physical and anthropometric characteristics associate with professional career attainment in adolescent Australian footballers?

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Woods

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International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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This study sought to longitudinally and retrospectively determine the relationship between professional career attainment and the development of anthropometric and physical qualities in junior Australian footballers. Eighty adolescent male Australian footballers from a single state academy previously selected onto an under 16 s talent development squad were classified by career attainment (professional team selection; n = 17 and non-selected; n = 63). Physical and anthropometric tests were conducted at the end of preseason during participation in under 16 and under 18 competitions. Tests included standing height, mass, stationary countermovement jumps, dynamic vertical jumps, 20-m sprints, agility and 20 m multistage fitness test. Both groups significantly improved all performance measures between the under 16 and under 18 levels. Athletes selected onto a professional team possessed significantly quicker 20-m sprint outcomes than non-selected athletes at both under 16 and under 18 levels, highlighting the importance of this physical capacity within talent development programmes. Binary logistic regression was unable to predict an effect of any measures on career attainment. An inability of the binary logistic regression to identify qualities predictive of long-term career success likely highlights limitations associated with utilising unidimensional models of assessment in talent identification practices. As such, development coaches and sport scientists should be aware that while physical capacities play a role in career attainment outcomes, other factors, such as tactical understanding and technical skill are also likely to be impactful.

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“…Again, comparable to observations in senior soccer players, anthropometric and morphologic differences are also suggested to be present when comparing playing standards of youth soccer players. Cripps et al (2017) found that talent identified individual's possessed greater standing stature and an advanced maturity status than non-talent identified groups of U16…”

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Reliability and validity of field‐based fitness tests in youth soccer players

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Arthur

Sanders

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European Journal of Sport Science

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IV-LIST OF FIGURES V-LIST OF TABLES VI-LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 General aims of this thesis 1.3 Overview of thesis CHAPTER 2-REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Talent identification 2.1.1 Talent identification in soccer 2.1.2 Talent development 2.1.3 Limitations of talent identification 2.1.3.1 The relative age effect 2.1.3.2 Maturation-selection phenomenon 2.1.3.3 Growth and maturation 2.1.3.4 Challenges of talent identification 2.1.4 Limitations of talent development 2.1.5 Talent identification-summary 2.2 Physical characteristics of soccer 2.2.1 Physical characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.1 Running characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.2 Strength and power characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.3 Anthropometric and morphologic characteristics of professional soccer 2.2.1.4 Physical characteristics of professional soccer-summary 2.2.2 Physical characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.1 Running characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.2 Strength and power characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.3 Anthropometric and morphologic characteristics of youth soccer 2.2.2.4 Physical characteristics of youth soccer-summary 2.2.3 Physical characteristics of soccer-summary 2.3 Physical performance testing in soccer 2.3.1 Evaluating running characteristics of soccer 2.3.1.1 Evaluating running characteristics of soccerendurance 2.3.1.2 Evaluating running characteristics of soccerlinear sprint speed 2.3.1.3 Evaluating running characteristics of soccer-COD/agility 2.3.2 Evaluating strength and power characteristics of soccer 2.3.2.1 Evaluating strength characteristics of soccer 2.3.2.2 Evaluating power characteristics of soccer 2.3.3 Evaluating anthropometric and morphologic characteristics of soccer 2.3.4 Physical performance testing in soccer-summary 2.4 Physical performance testing for talent identification and development 2.4.1 Physical performance testing for talent identification 2.4.2 Physical performance testing for talent development 2.5 Literature review-summary 2.6 Aims VII-SYNTHESIS (LITERATURE REVIEW-CHAPTER 3) CHAPTER 3-RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF COMMONLY USED FIELD-BASED FITNESS TESTS IN YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Methods 3.3 Results 3.4 Discussion 3.5 Conclusion VIII-SYNTHESIS (CHAPTER 3-CHAPTER 4) CHAPTER 4-CHANGE OF DIRECTION AND AGILITY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN PROFESSIONAL YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Methods 4.3 Results 4.4 Discussion 4.5 Conclusion IX-SYNTHESIS (CHAPTER 4-CHAPTER 5) CHAPTER 5-A COMPARISON OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION METHODS OF PHYSICAL QUALITIES IN PROFESSIONAL YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Methods 5.3 Results 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusion X-SYNTHESIS (CHAPTER 5-CHAPTER 6

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Biological maturity and the anthropometric, physical and technical assessment of talent identified U16 Australian footballers

Abstract: 12This study compared biological maturation, anthropometric, physical and technical skill measures

Cited by 14 publications

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Assessing Technical Skills in Talented Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review

Assessing Technical Skills in Talented Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review

Does the longitudinal development of physical and anthropometric characteristics associate with professional career attainment in adolescent Australian footballers?

Reliability and validity of field‐based fitness tests in youth soccer players

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