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