ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021
Exploring Relationships Between Anthropometry, Body Composition, Maturation, and Selection for Competition: A Study in Youth Soccer Players.
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- Unveiling pathways: exploring chronological and maturational biases in a Spanish professional soccer academy.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Age and Maturation Matter in Youth Elite Soccer, but Depending on Competitive Level and Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Body Composition, Somatotype and Raw Bioelectrical Impedance Parameters of Adolescent Elite Tennis Players: Age and Sex Differences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Physical Fitness Variations between Those Playing More and Those Playing Less Time in the Matches: A Case-Control Study in Youth Soccer Players.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Multidisciplinary Investigation into the Talent Development Processes at an English Football Academy: A Machine Learning Approach.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Associations between match participation, maturation, physical fitness, and hormonal levels in elite male soccer player U15: a prospective study with observational cohort.BMC pediatrics · 2022Observational
- Maturity Has a Greater Association than Relative Age with Physical Performance in English Male Academy Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to analyze variations of selection for competition between late and early mature players and test the relationships between anthropometry, body composition, maturation, and selection for competition.
methodsSeventy-nine youth soccer players from under-11 to under-14 participated in this study, over 6 months. Body composition and maturity offset were estimated based on anthropometric data collected. Participants were also monitored for their number of matches as starters and time of play accrued in minutes.
resultsMinutes played had large correlation coefficients with maturity offset (
conclusionsAlthough maturation may play a role in the minutes of play accrued and matches as starters in young, it is not necessarily determining. A significant amount of the variation in the minutes of play accrued of players can be accounted for when considering body composition and anthropometric data.
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