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  1. Passion, Motivation, and Well-Being in Young Footballers: A Systematic Review
  2. The Correlations Between Training Load Parameters and Physical Performance Adaptations in Team Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  3. Barriers and Facilitators in the Junior-to-Senior Transition in Male Football—A Scoping Review
  4. Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Muscle Injury Risk in Professional Football: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study
  5. Identification and Development of Expertise in Golf: A Scoping Review
  6. Constraints Associated with Success or Failure in the Transition from Junior to Senior in Athletics: A Scoping Review Protocol
  7. Talent Selection in Portuguese National Futsal Teams
  8. Application of social network analysis in football match analysis: A systematic review
  9. Reliability of isometric mid-thigh pull for maximal strength testing in youth athletes: A systematic review
  10. Unlocking the power of set pieces in men’s professional football – a scoping review
  11. Lower body strength and body composition in female football
  12. The Impact of Parental Behaviors on Children’s Lifestyle, Dietary Habits, Screen Time, Sleep Patterns, Mental Health, and BMI: A Scoping Review
  13. Science and Soccer: A key combination
  14. Predictive models of injury risk in male professional football players: a systematic review
  15. EL EFECTO DE LA EDAD RELATIVA EN EL HOCKEY PATINES DE ALTO NIVEL EN ESPAÑA
  16. Enhancing Performance in Young Athletes: A Systematic Review of Acute Supplementation Effects
  17. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy as a Tool to Characterize Exercise and Physical Activity: A Systematic Review
  18. It is not (all) about running faster, opponent also plays; the effect of opposition team formation on running performance in professional soccer match-play
  19. Translating player monitoring into training prescriptions: Real world soccer scenario and practical proposals
  20. Relationship between Upper Limb Muscle Power and Shooting Velocity in Elite Male Youth Rink Hockey Players
  21. The Influence of Playing Position on Physical, Physiological, and Technical Demands in Adult Male Soccer Matches: A Systematic Scoping Review with Evidence Gap Map
  22. Principal Component Approach and Relationship between Nomination Scale for Identification of Football Talent and Physical Fitness in Young Soccer Players
  23. Comparing the Tactical Behavior of Young Soccer Players in Full- and Small-Sided Games
  24. Nutritional perspectives in female soccer: a scoping review
  25. Variations in locomotor intensities across soccer match halves concerning player sectorial positions
  26. Dietary practices, nutritional perspectives and ergogenic strategies in CrossFit®: a scoping review with evidence gap map
  27. The Integral Reactive Strength Index: An Accurate Measurement for Evaluating Drop Jump Performance in Sprinter Athletes
  28. Listening to Stakeholders’ Voices on Funding Social Inclusion in Sport for People with Disabilities—Proposal for Criteria
  29. Lower-Body Power, Body Composition, Speed, and Agility Performance among Youth Soccer Players
  30. The Quantification of Physical Performance and Internal Training Load in Youth Male Soccer Players During Preseason
  31. The Effect of Situational Variables on Women’s Rink Hockey Match Outcomes
  32. Characteristics of Changes in Contractile Properties of Muscle after Anaerobic Exercise
  33. Football Coaching, the Portuguese Way
  34. What We Do Not Know About Stretching in Healthy Athletes: A Scoping Review with Evidence Gap Map from 300 Trials
  35. Influence of the Stick Grasping in Sprint and Change of Direction Performance in Elite Youth Rink Hockey Players
  36. External load of different format small-sided games in youth football players in relation to age
  37. Effect of dietary ergogenic aids and supplementation on handball performance: A systematic review with meta-analisys
  38. The effects of acute nutritional strategies on performance in soccer players: a systematic review with meta-analysis
  39. Effects of small-sided games training programs on physiological and physical adaptations of youth basketball players: A systematic review
  40. Lower limbs strength variations between injured and non-injured professional soccer players
  41. Talent Selection and Development in Olympic Athletes: A Scoping Review
  42. Tracking devices and physical performance analysis in team sports: a comprehensive framework for research—trends and future directions
  43. Physical predictors for retention and dismissal of professional soccer head coaches: an analysis of locomotor variables using logistic regression pipeline
  44. Effects of recreational small-sided games from different team sports on the improvement of aerobic fitness in youth sedentary populations: A systematic review
  45. Tradução e Validação do Questionário de Clima Motivacional Percepcionado no Desporto 2 (PMCSQ-2) para Português
  46. Bilateral Asymmetry and the Relationship Between Unilateral Isokinetic Strength and Balance Performance in Male Adolescent Football Players
  47. Contemporary practices of physical trainers in professional soccer: A qualitative study
  48. A Systematic Review of the Physical, Physiological, Nutritional and Anthropometric Profiles of Soccer Referees
  49. Building Bridges Instead of Putting Up Walls: Connecting the “Teams” to Improve Soccer Players’ Support
  50. Notational Analysis on Goal Scoring and Comparison in Two of the Most Important Soccer Leagues: Spanish La Liga and English Premier League
  51. 24-h Movement Guidelines and Overweight and Obesity Indicators in Toddlers, Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  52. Dual Careers – reconciling sporting and academic success: systematic review of the literature
  53. Determinantes para a excelência desportiva: estudo centrado em professores de educação física brasileiros
  54. Methodological considerations for determining the volume and intensity of drop jump training. A systematic, critical and prepositive review
  55. Dietary intakes and daily distribution patterns of macronutrients in youth soccer players
  56. Physical Fitness and Body Composition of Youth Referees in Invasion Games
  57. Handball Offensive Analysis: Comparative Evolution of Linear Tendency Lines between Finalist Teams in the EHF CL
  58. Characterization of Static Strength, Vertical Jumping, and Isokinetic Strength in Soccer Players According to Age, Competitive Level, and Field Position
  59. Reliability of the Coimbra Reactive Agility Soccer Test (CRAST)
  60. Relationship between Objective and Subjective Fatigue Monitoring Tests in Professional Soccer
  61. Weekly External Load Performance Effects on Sports Injuries of Male Professional Football Players
  62. Arbitrary absolute vs. individualized running speed thresholds in team sports: A scoping review with evidence gap map
  63. Effects of pitch size on soccer players’ physiological, physical, technical, and tactical responses during small-sided games: a meta-analytical comparison
  64. Effects of re-warm-up protocols on the physical performance of soccer players: A systematic review with meta-analysis
  65. Predicting resting energy expenditure among athletes: a systematic review
  66. Predictors of linear sprint performance in professional football players
  67. Body composition variations between injured and non-injured professional soccer players
  68. Exploring dual career quality implementation at European higher education institutions: Insights from university experts
  69. Fatores influenciadores da excelência desportiva: estudo centrado em atletas brasileiros medalhados olímpicos
  70. Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Madeira Youth
  71. The Impact of Different Pedagogical Models on Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Physical Education Classes
  72. Recreational Soccer Training Effects on Pediatric Populations Physical Fitness and Health: A Systematic Review
  73. Sports Injuries of a Portuguese Professional Football Team during Three Consecutive Seasons
  74. Methodological characteristics, physiological and physical effects, and future directions for velocity-based training in soccer: A systematic review
  75. Relationship between Dynamic and Isometric Strength, Power, Speed, and Average Propulsive Speed of Recreational Athletes
  76. Oral Branched-Chain Amino Acids Supplementation in Athletes: A Systematic Review
  77. Differences in visual search behavior between expert and novice team sports athletes: A systematic review with meta-analysis
  78. Talent Identification and Development in Male Futsal: A Systematic Review
  79. Predictive Modeling of Injury Risk Based on Body Composition and Selected Physical Fitness Tests for Elite Football Players
  80. Cross-Sectional Associations between Playing Sports or Electronic Games in Leisure Time and Life Satisfaction in 12-Year-Old Children from the European Union
  81. Physical Development Differences between Professional Soccer Players from Different Competitive Levels
  82. Cognitive and Physical Effects of Warm-Up on Young Soccer Players
  83. Influence of Tactical and Situational Variables on Offensive Sequences During Elite European Handball Matches
  84. Effects of changing the head coach on soccer team’s performance: A systematic review
  85. Mediterranean Diet Adherence, Body Mass Index and Emotional Intelligence in Primary Education Students—An Explanatory Model as a Function of Weekly Physical Activity
  86. Bar Load-Velocity Profile of Full Squat and Bench Press Exercises in Young Recreational Athletes
  87. The influence of maturation, fitness, and hormonal indices on minutes played in elite youth soccer players: a cross-sectional study
  88. Match Analysis in Team Ball Sports: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  89. Effects of Maturation Stage on Sprinting Speed Adaptations to Plyometric Jump Training in Youth Male Team Sports Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  90. Editorial: Advances in Sport Science: Latest Findings and New Scientific Proposals
  91. Knee and hip agonist-antagonist relationship in male under-19 soccer players
  92. Oral branched chain amino acids supplementation in trained participants: a systematic review
  93. The Relationship between Different Large-Sided Games and Official Matches on Professional Football Players’ Locomotor Intensity
  94. The Impact of 120 Minutes of Soccer-Specific Exercise on Recovery
  95. A systematic review of the criterion validity and reliability of technical and tactical field-based tests in soccer
  96. Editorial: Training Methodology: A Multidimensional Approach for Team Sports
  97. Sleep Quality and Training Intensity in Soccer Players: Exploring Weekly Variations and Relationships
  98. Understanding dual career views of European university athletes: The more than gold project focus groups
  99. Variations in the physical demands and technical performance of professional soccer teams over three consecutive seasons
  100. The influence of numerical variability in small-sided games on youth football goalkeepers’ tactical-technical behaviour
  101. Talent Identification and Development in Male Futsal: A Systematic Review
  102. Match analysis in rink hockey: a systematic review
  103. The association between physical activity and mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
  104. The Influence of Small-Sided Football Games with Numerical Variability in External Training Load
  105. Participation in Physical Education Classes and Health-Related Behaviours among Adolescents from 67 Countries
  106. Systematic Observation of Corner Kick Strategies in Portuguese Football Players
  107. Variability of internal and external loads and technical/tactical outcomes during small-sided soccer games: a systematic review
  108. Characteristics of the Included Tests
  109. Discussion of Field-Based Soccer Tests for Aerobic Fitness
  110. Discussion of Field-Based Soccer Tests for Sprinting, Change-Of-Direction, and Agility
  111. Discussion of Field-Based Soccer Tests for Strength and Power
  112. Injury Prevention Programmes in Male Soccer Players: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews
  113. Introduction
  114. Recovery following the extra-time period of soccer: practitioner perspectives and applied practices
  115. Reliability Levels of the Tests
  116. Systematically Revising the Literature of Field-Based Soccer Tests
  117. The Effects of Physical Activity on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review
  118. Age and Maturity Effects on Morphological and Physical Performance Measures of Adolescent Judo Athletes
  119. Depressive Symptoms and Burnout in Football Players: A Systematic Review
  120. The effect of balanced versus unbalanced football small-sided games on decision-making in youth football players (El efecto de los juegos reducidos de fútbol equilibrado versus desequilibrado en la toma de decisiones de los jugadores de fútbol Juvenil (Th
  121. Effects of a 10-Week Combined Coordination and Agility Training Program on Young Male Soccer Players
  122. Associations between Physical Status and Training Load in Women Soccer Players
  123. Injury prevention protocols in male soccer players: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  124. Scoping review of tests to assess tactical knowledge and tactical performance of young soccer players
  125. Importance of the perceived barriers about psychosocial variables in the active commuters: A cross-sectional study in youths
  126. Methodological Characteristics, Physiological and Physical Effects, and Future Directions for Combined Training in Soccer: A Systematic Review
  127. Differences in Technical Development and Playing Space in Three UEFA Champions Leagues
  128. Editorial: Decision-Making in Youth Sport
  129. A Systematic Review of the Association Between Muscular Fitness and Telomere Length Across the Adult Lifespan
  130. The Hamstrings: Anatomic and Physiologic Variations and Their Potential Relationships With Injury Risk
  131. Relación del salto contramovimiento y pruebas de velocidad (10-30 m) y agilidad en jóvenes futbolistas chilenos (Relationship of counter-movement jump and speed tests (10-30 m) and agility in young Chilean soccer players)
  132. The effect of balanced and unbalanced soccer small-sided games on the rating of perceived exertion in youth players (El efecto de los partidos reducidos de fútbol equilibrados y desequilibrados em la calificación del esfuerzo percebido em los jugadores j
  133. Relationships between Fitness Status and Match Running Performance in Adult Women Soccer Players: A Cohort Study
  134. Chronological Age, Somatic Maturation and Anthropometric Measures: Association with Physical Performance of Young Male Judo Athletes
  135. Effects of Training Programs on Decision-Making in Youth Team Sports Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  136. Active School Breaks and Students’ Attention: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
  137. The Effect of Contextual Variables on Match Performance across Different Playing Positions in Professional Portuguese Soccer Players
  138. Effects of Small-Sided Game Interventions on the Technical Execution and Tactical Behaviors of Young and Youth Team Sports Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  139. Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity: An Updated Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
  140. The Effectiveness of Post-exercise Stretching in Short-Term and Delayed Recovery of Strength, Range of Motion and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
  141. Uses and effects of self-assessment procedures in the analysis of student´s performance in Physical Education classes: A Systematic Review
  142. Exploring the Determinants of Repeated-Sprint Ability in Adult Women Soccer Players
  143. Dose-Response Relationships between Training Load Measures and Physical Fitness in Professional Soccer Players
  144. Effects of Recreational Small-Sided Soccer Games on Bone Mineral Density in Untrained Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  145. Strength Training versus Stretching for Improving Range of Motion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  146. Dual Careers of Athletes During COVID-19 Lockdown
  147. Effects of the Small-Sided Soccer Games on Blood Pressure in Untrained Hypertensive Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
  148. Effects of Mental Fatigue in Total Running Distance and Tactical Behavior During Small-Sided Games: A Systematic Review With a Meta-Analysis in Youth and Young Adult's Soccer Players
  149. Exploring Relationships Between Anthropometry, Body Composition, Maturation, and Selection for Competition: A Study in Youth Soccer Players
  150. A Meta-Analytical Comparison of the Effects of Small-Sided Games vs. Running-Based High-Intensity Interval Training on Soccer Players’ Repeated-Sprint Ability
  151. Effects of Small-Sided Games vs. Running-Based High-Intensity Interval Training on Physical Performance in Soccer Players: A Meta-Analytical Comparison
  152. Artificial Intelligence in Sport Performance Analysis
  153. Criteria for determining the intensity of plyometric training. A systematic review
  154. Relationships Between Aerobic Performance, Hemoglobin Levels, and Training Load During Small-Sided Games: A Study in Professional Soccer Players
  155. Small-sided games: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  156. Session-to-session variations of internal load during different small-sided games: a study in professional soccer players
  157. Editorial: Monitoring and Promoting Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Children
  158. Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP), a potential cartilage destruction biomarker in active and healthy individuals or athletes from different sports. A systematic review
  159. The perceptions of elite rink hockey head coaches: preparation/observation and intervention.
  160. Effects of small-sided games interventions on technical execution and tactical behavior of youth team sports players: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  161. Effects of recreational small-sided soccer games on bone mineral density in untrained adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials
  162. Effects of physical activity breaks on the attention of students: A systematic review with meta-analysis
  163. Effects of re-warm-up protocols on physical performance of soccer players: A systematic review with meta-analysis
  164. Effects of high-intensity interval training in men soccer player’s physical fitness: A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized-controlled and non-controlled trials
  165. Detrimental Effects of the Off-Season in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  166. Effects of mental fatigue in physical demands and tactical behavior during small-sided soccer games: A systematic review with meta-analysis
  167. Análisis de los componentes físicos y antropométricos de jóvenes futbolistas chilenos desde la categoría Sub-13 a Sub-19 (Analysis of the physical and anthropometric components of young Chilean footballers from category Sub-13 to Sub-19)
  168. Combining small-sided soccer games and running-based methods: A systematic review
  169. Effects of including endurance and speed sessions within small-sided soccer games periodization on physical fitness
  170. Session-to-session variations in external load measures during small-sided games in professional soccer players
  171. Os estímulos do ambiente escolar para a prática de atividade física entre os adolescentes (Los estímulos del entorno escolar para la práctica de actividad física en adolescentes) (The stimuli of the school environment for the practice of physical activi
  172. Tactical behaviour differences of high and low-performing youth soccer players in small-sided and conditioned games
  173. The Development of Sport Expertise: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  174. Anthropometric characteristics of male rink hockey goalkeeper’s according to their competitive level
  175. Development of Tactical Decision-making Skills in Youth Soccer Players: Macro- and Microstructure of Soccer Developmental Activities as a Discriminant of Different Skill Levels
  176. Comparative Analysis of the Offensive Effectiveness in Winner and Losing Handball Teams
  177. Promoting Health-Related Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Physical Education: The Role of Class Intensity and Habitual Physical Activity
  178. Genetic influence on football performance - a systematic review
  179. Practical Postexercise Recovery Strategies in Male Adult Professional Soccer Players: A Systematic Review
  180. A Review of Players’ Characterization and Game Performance on Male Rink-Hockey
  181. The effects of small-sided soccer games on tactical behavior and collective dynamics: A systematic review
  182. Cardiorespiratory fitness and telomere length: a systematic review
  183. Player position relationships with centrality in the passing network of world cup soccer teams: Win/loss match comparisons
  184. Analysis of the offensive process of AS Monaco professional soccer team: A mixed-method approach
  185. Psychobiological Changes during National Futsal Team Training Camps and Their Relationship with Training Load
  186. The effects of small-sided soccer games on technical actions and skills: A systematic review
  187. Readiness for career affordances in high-level football: Two case studies in Portugal
  188. Effect of an Inside Floater on Soccer Players Tactical Behaviour in Small Sided and Conditioned Games
  189. Physiological profile of adult male long-distance trail runners: variations according to competitive level (national or regional)
  190. Health profile of older adults assisted by the Elderly Caregiver Program of Health Care Network of the City of São Paulo
  191. The influence of opponents’ offensive play on the performance of professional rink hockey goalkeepers
  192. Recreational Football is Medicine against Non‐Communicable Diseases: A systematic Review
  193. Leisure-time Physical activity is negatively associated with depression symptoms independently of the socioeconomic status
  194. Variations of training load, monotony, and strain and dose-response relationships with maximal aerobic speed, maximal oxygen uptake, and isokinetic strength in professional soccer players
  195. Variability of Technical Actions During Small‐Sided Games in Young Soccer Players
  196. Match Analysis in Handball: A Systematic Review
  197. Variations of Network Centralities Between Playing Positions in Favorable and Unfavorable Close and Unbalanced Scores During the 2018 FIFA World Cup
  198. Coach decision-making in Futsal
  199. Perceived coach interpersonal style and basic psychological needs as antecedents of athlete-perceived coaching competency and satisfaction with the coach: A multi-level analysis.
  200. Modeling of relationships between physical and technical activities and match outcome in elite German soccer players
  201. Adolescent characteristics of youth soccer players: do they vary with playing status in young adulthood?
  202. Prevalence of Risk for Exercise Dependence: A Systematic Review
  203. Small sided games in soccer – a systematic review
  204. Variations of external load variables between medium- and large-sided soccer games in professional players
  205. Associations between vigorous physical activity and chronic diseases in older adults: a study in 13 European countries
  206. Athletes’ perceptions of coaching competency and team conflict in sport teams: A multilevel analysis
  207. Talent Identification and Development in Male Football: A Systematic Review
  208. Achievement goals and self-determination in adult football players – a cluster analysis
  209. Physiological Demands, Morphological Characteristics, Physical Abilities and Injuries of Female Soccer Players
  210. What Performance Analysts Need to Know About Research Trends in Association Football (2012–2016): A Systematic Review
  211. 13 Multimorbidity and physical activity recommendations in european older adults
  212. 5 Portuguese football players – why so much talent?
  213. The Influence of Tactical and Situational Variables on Offensive Sequences during Elite Football Matches
  214. Socio-demographic correlates of physical activity among European older people
  215. Psychosocial correlates of organized physical activity in Portuguese urban youth
  216. Exploring the perspectives of physically active and inactive adolescents: how does physical education influence their lifestyles?
  217. Portuguese athletes’ journeys to sporting success: The peaks and troughs
  218. How to be a coach in Portugal
  219. Representações, estímulos e constrangimentos do árbitro de futebol de 11
  220. Effects of obesity on perception of ability and perception of body image in Portuguese children and adolescents
  221. Identificação de padrões de atividade física e comportamentos sedentários em adolescentes, com recurso à avaliação momentânea ecológica
  222. Prevalence of physical activity in European adults — Compliance with the World Health Organization's physical activity guidelines
  223. Adolescents’ perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of physical activity: a systematic review of qualitative studies
  224. The Transition from Match Analysis to Intervention: Optimising the Coaching Process in Elite Futsal
  225. Quantifying the offensive sequences that result in goals in elite futsal matches
  226. Socio-demographic correlates of leisure time physical activity among Portuguese adults
  227. Elite coaches views on factors contributing to excellence in orienteering
  228. Do Students Know the Physical Activity Recommendations for Health Promotion?
  229. Coach education in volleyball: A study in five countries
  230. Deteção de T-patterns em treinadores de futebol em competição
  231. Correlates of school sport participation: A cross-sectional study in urban Portuguese students
  232. Patterns of Play in the Counterattack of Elite Football Teams - A Mixed Method Approach
  233. Adolescents’ physical activity profile according to parental physical activity participation
  234. Match analysis in football: a systematic review
  235. Performance Analysis of Sport IX
  236. Motivação para a prática de Futebol em contextos competitivos: estudo com futebolistas juniores e seniores a partir dos seus perfis motivacionais
  237. Tactical analysis of the Barcelona counter-attack
  238. Playing tactics in the English premier league, Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A
  239. Analysis of the existence of patterns related to counter-attack and fast attack in the Spanish League 2010/2011 season
  240. Temporal interaction patterns in the offensive process in the Spanish League 2010/2011 season
  241. The importance of attitudes towards physical activity and its relationship with practice of physical activity