Trial reportPloS one2019
The ball kicking speed: A new, efficient performance indicator in youth soccer.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of plyometric jump training on physical performance in female soccer players across the competitive level: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Measurement Properties of Wearable Kinematic-Based Data Collection Systems to Evaluate Ball Kicking in Soccer: A Systematic Review with Evidence Gap Map.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing Technical Skills in Talented Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- The Acute Effects of Caffeine Supplementation on Anaerobic Performance and Functional Strength in Female Soccer Players.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Enjoyment, Executive Functions, and Motor Efficiency in Youth Soccer Players: A 15-Week Observational Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Greater Lumbopelvic Motion Is Associated with Faster Hip Flexion in Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of conventional warm-up versus stretching warm-up on physical performance in children soccer players: a randomized crossover trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Laboratory Evaluation of a Wearable Instrumented Headband for Rotational Head Kinematics Measurement.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Finite element brain deformation in adolescent soccer heading.Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- Moderate-dose caffeine enhances anaerobic performance without altering hydration status.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Warm-up stretching exercises and physical performance of youth soccer players.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Can the Supido Radar Be Used for Measuring Ball Speed during Soccer Kicking? A Reliability and Concurrent Validity Study of a New Low-Cost Device.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Physical Fitness and Performance in Talented & Untalented Young Chinese Soccer Players.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Anthropometric and Functional Profile of Selected vs. Non-Selected 13-to-17-Year-Old Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Success in different soccer skills like kicking depends on motor abilities achieved. Kicking is a soccer fundamental, which depends on many different and complex factors (technique, foot-ball interaction, ball flight, etc.). Therefore, it is important to identify players that are able to perform faster kicks using both dominant and non-dominant leg. The current study investigated some basic variables of different soccer kicking speed and their relevance to success in youth soccer academy. 119 players from the first and the second division participated to this study. They were randomly divided into age groups (U-15, U-17, and U19) and team status (first team, reserves). The diagnostic ability of the different ball kicking speed tests in capturing differences between first team players and reserves among different age categories were computed using the receiver operating characteristics analysis. Results demonstrated that first team players achieved better results when comparing to reserves in each category. In addition, differences were greater in the U-15 and the U-17 than in the U-19 age group. In conclusion, ball kicking speed could be one of the possible identification tools to evaluate players' success in youth soccer.
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