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