Science and Football : Identifying and Developing Talent (Hardcover)

Introduction?Talent identification and development in soccer: An update and contemporary perspectives A. Mark Williams 1. Talent identification and development in soccer since the millennium A. Mark Williams, Paul R. Ford and Barry Drust 2. Identifying playing talent in professional football using artificial neural networks Donald Barron, Graham Ball, Matthew Robins and Caroline Sunderland 3. Evaluation of soccer players under the Moneyball concept Luiz Octavio Gaviao, Annibal Parracho Sant’Anna, Gilson Brito Alves Lima and Pauli Adriano de Almada Garcia 4. Defining the attributes for specific playing positions in football match-play: A complex systems approach Elise Berber, Scott McLean, Vanessa Beanland, Gemma J. M. Read and Paul M. Salmon 5. A bioecological perspective on talent identification in junior-elite soccer: A Pan-European perspective Matthew J. Reeves and Simon J. Roberts 6. A survey of talent identification and development processes in the youth academies of professional soccer clubs from around the world Paul R. Ford, Juan Luis Delgado Bordonau, Daniele Bonanno, Jose Tavares, Corne Groenendijk, Cristina Fink, Domenico Gualtieri, Warren Gregson, Matthew C. Varley, Matthew Weston, Lorenzo Lolli, David Platt and Valter Di Salvo 7. Change-of-direction, speed and jump performance in soccer players: a comparison across different age-categories Irineu Loturco, Ian Jeffreys, Cesar C. Cal Abad, Ronaldo Kobal, Vinicius Zanetti, Lucas A. Pereira and Sophia Nimphius 8. Maturity status effects on torque and muscle architecture of young soccer players Giovani dos Santos Cunha, Marco Aurelio Vaz, Walter Herzog, Jeam Marcel Geremia, Gabriela Tomedi Leites and Alvaro Reischak-Oliveira 9. Comparing the magnitude and direction of asymmetry during the squat, countermovement and drop jump tests in elite youth female soccer players Chris Bishop, Lucas A. Pereira, Valter P. Reis, Paul Read, Anthony N. Turner and Irineu Loturco 10. A case study comparison of objective and subjective evaluation methods of physical qualities in youth soccer players James H. Dugdale, Dajo Sanders, Tony Myers, A. Mark Williams and Angus M. Hunter 11. High-intensity endurance capacity assessment as a tool for talent identification in elite youth female soccer Naomi Datson, Matthew Weston, Barry Drust, Warren Gregson and Lorenzo Lolli 12. New curve sprint test for soccer players: Reliability and relationship with linear sprint Alberto Filter, Jesus Olivares, Alfredo Santalla, Fabio Y. Nakamura, Irineu Loturco and Bernardo Requena 13. Cross-sectional comparison of body composition and resting metabolic rate in Premier League academy soccer players: Implications for growth and maturation Marcus P. Hannon, Daniel J. Carney, Stephen Floyd, Lloyd J. F. Parker, John McKeown, Barry Drust, Viswanath B. Unnithan, Graeme L. Close and James P. Morton 14. Biomechanical mechanisms of jumping performance in youth elite female soccer players Nathalie M. J. Jeras, Thamar J. H. Bovend’Eerdt and Christopher McCrum 15. The adolescent motor performance development of elite female soccer players: A study of prognostic relevance for future success in adulthood using multilevel modelling Daniel Leyhr, Johannes Raabe, Florian Schultz, Augustin Kelava and Oliver Honer 16. Hill on a mountaintop: A longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis of the relative age effect in competitive youth football Robin C. Jackson and Gavin Comber 17. Relative age and maturation selection biases in academy football Megan Hill, Sam Scott, Robert M Malina, Darragh McGee and Sean P Cumming 18. Longitudinal emotional process among adolescent soccer player in intensive training centre Yohan Saby, Yann Pupier, Emma Guillet-Descas, Michel Nicolas and Guillaume Martinent 19. Psychological characteristics of developing excellence in elite youth football players in English professional academies Chris Saward, John G. Morris, Mary E. Nevill, Antoinette M. Minniti and Caroline Sunderland 20. Psychosocial outcomes associated with soccer academy involvement: Longitudinal comparisons against aged matched school pupils Fieke Rongen, Jim McKenna, Stephen Cobley, Jason Cameron Tee and Kevin Till 21. Positive youth development and gender differences in high performance sport Donna O’Connor, Lauren Gardner, Paul Larkin, Alun Pope and A. Mark Williams 22. Training load and submaximal heart rate testing throughout a competitive period in a top-level male football team Vincenzo Rago, Peter Krustrup, Rafael Martin-Acero, Antonio Rebelo and Magni Mohr 23. Power training in elite young soccer players: Effects of using loads above or below the optimum power zone Irineu Loturco, Lucas A. Pereira, Valter P. Reis, Chris Bishop, Vinicius Zanetti, Pedro E. Alcaraz, Tomas T. Freitas and Michael R. Mcguigan 24. Comparative efficacy of active recovery and cold water immersion as post-match recovery interventions in elite youth soccer Sam Pooley, Owen Spendiff, Matt Allen and Hannah Jayne Moir 25. The developmental and professional activities of female international soccer players from five high-performing nations Paul R. Ford, Nicola J. Hodges, David Broadbent, Donna O’Connor, Dawn Scott, Naomi Datson, Helena A. Andersson and A. Mark Williams 26. Evaluating the impact of a coach development intervention for improving coaching practices in junior football (soccer): The "MASTER" pilot study Narelle Eather, Brad Jones, Andrew Miller and Philip J. Morgan 27. Efficacy of using non-linear pedagogy to support attacking players’ individual learning objectives in elite-youth football: A randomised cross-over trial Simon J. Roberts, James R. Rudd and Matthew J. Reeves 28. How does the modern football goalkeeper train? ? An exploration of expert goalkeeper coaches’ skill training approaches Fabian W. Otte, Sarah-Kate Millar and Stefanie Klatt