ReviewJournal of sport and health science2021
Maturity-associated considerations for training load, injury risk, and physical performance in youth soccer: One size does not fit all.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 177 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations Between Motor Competence and Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Psychosocial Characteristics in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Methods to predict the timing and status of biological maturation in male adolescent soccer players: A narrative systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Discriminatory Capacity of Anthropometric Indicators and Physical Fitness Tests for Identifying Waist-to-Height Ratio-Defined Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents According to Sex and Biological Maturity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations between maturation assessment methods and growth-related injury occurrence in a German Bundesliga youth football academy.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Short-Term Changes, Individual Variability, and Associations with Baseline Physical Performance in Young Male Soccer Players During the Pre-Season.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pre-Season Changes in Physical Performance and Early Competitive Squad Inclusion in Under-15 Male Soccer Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Influence of Maturity Status and Gender on Body Composition and Physical Fitness Adaptations to a Mobile-App-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Adolescents.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Is Non-dominant Leg a Key Factor for Endurance Performance in Male Youth Soccer Players? Data-Driven Knowledge-Adjusted Causal Analysis and Literature Synthesis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Biological Maturation and Physical Performance in Youth Football: Associations Across Professional and Non-Professional Environments.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Anthropometric and Physical Performance Reference Values in Young Handball Players Aged 9-15 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Percentile Profiling and Factorial ANOVA.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Biological Maturation Is Associated with Single-Leg Jump Performance, but Not with the Magnitude of Inter-Limb Asymmetry.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Injury Epidemiology in Elite U17 Football Players: A Prospective Study Across Six Competitive Seasons.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Human Sexual Development in the Somatic and Psychosexual Context.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Interrelationships and Shared Variance Among Three Field-Based Performance Tests in Competitive Youth Soccer Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Plyometric Performance in U13 Basketball: Influence of Modified Competitions and Maturational Status with GPS Tracking.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Quadrant training: a simple typology-based approach to improve strength and endurance in youth soccer players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Impact of biological maturation on physical tests performance in Portuguese elite male academy soccer players.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Injuries according to sexual maturity status: a three-season observational study with male academy players of a professional Spanish football club.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of injuries in male under-19 futsal players competing in the highest national league in Spain.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Maturity-specific trajectories of physical fitness in talented youth athletes: a longitudinal study of Japanese local talent identification and development programme.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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Abstract
Biological maturation can be defined as the timing and tempo of progress to achieving a mature state. The estimation of age of peak height velocity (PHV) or percentage of final estimated adult stature attainment (%EASA) is typically used to inform the training process in young athletes. In youth soccer, maturity-related changes in anthropometric and physical fitness characteristics are diverse among individuals, particularly around PHV. During this time, players are also at an increased risk of sustaining an overuse or growth-related injury. As a result, the implementation of training interventions can be challenging. The purpose of this review was to (1) highlight and discuss many of the methods that can be used to estimate maturation in the applied setting and (2) discuss the implications of manipulating training load around PHV on physical development and injury risk. We have provided key stakeholders with a practical online tool for estimating player maturation status (Supplementary Maturity Estimation Tools). Whilst estimating maturity using predictive equations is useful in guiding the training process, practitioners should be aware of its limitations. To increase the accuracy and usefulness of data, it is also vital that sports scientists implement reliable testing protocols at predetermined time-points.
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