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Reaction speed and attention of elite youth soccer goalkeepers: Do cognition and reaction influence each other?
Kovác, K., Holienka, M., Matušica, M., Babic, M., Skala, F., Perácková, J.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…In the research discussed in this article, we separately investigate the reaction speed to various stimuli and results of online cognitive tests. Research has only recently begun to focus on cognitive abilities of goalkeepers. …”
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Reaction speed and attention of elite youth soccer goalkeepers: Do cognition and reaction influence each other?
Kovác, K., Holienka, M., Matušica, M., Babic, M., Skala, F., Perácková, J.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…In the research discussed in this article, we separately investigate the reaction speed to various stimuli and results of online cognitive tests. Research has only recently begun to focus on cognitive abilities of goalkeepers. …”
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Elite adult and adolescent soccer players experiences and perceptions of the menstrual cycle and athletic performance
Donnelly, J., Valentin, S., Easton, C., White, A., Forrest, L.Published in 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, 2-5 July 2024, Book of Abstracts (2024)“…**Previous research has focused on the adult population with little focus on the adolescent athlete experiences. …”
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A qualitative analysis of female sport experiences in soccer
Smith, K. L., El-Haj, N., Weir, P. L.Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2025)“…Previous work has predominantly been quantitative in nature and focused on male athletes, with only a few qualitative studies in the published literature. …”
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Verbal feedback is the primary mechanism for performance-related review in professional english male soccer: A quantitative exploration
Page, T., Knowles, Z., Green, M., Drust, B., Andrew, M.Published in International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (2024)“…Professional soccer clubs should focus on interpersonal and intrapersonal skill development and an approach that facilitates positive interactions between staff and players within the optimal environment (ie, time and space). …”
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The perception and value of performance analysis within elite academy football: A comparison between phases
Dhillon, C. L., Nicholls, S. B., Woodward, J.Published in International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching (2025)“…Sixty-five (65) coaches (experience 5.5 ± 4.0) completed an online survey focusing upon their utilisation and access to analysis tools, recollection and reflective practice, communication and professional relationship, suggested improvements and current value of PA services. …”
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Subjective well-being of female football players in the German Women`s Bundesliga and 2nd Women`s Bundesliga with special consideration of educational status
Ehnold, P., Lotzen, L., Schlesinger, T.Published in Soccer & Society (2024)“…With the educational status, sport-specific factors as well as socio-demographic and socio-economic factors, aspects of the current life circumstances of female footballers are focused. For data generating, an online survey was conducted among women`s Bundesliga and 2nd Women`s Bundesliga footballers. …”
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Comparison of sudden cardiac arrests/deaths in South African & European professional football leagues: risks, incidence, and preventive measure: A systematic review
Maqina, L.Published in BASES Conference 2024 (2024)“…South Africa is currently on the rise with SCD/SCA, and our current study is focusing on the PSL & NFD risk profile data.…”
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Survey of the current practices of German football academies towards biological maturation assessment
Arenas, L., Frenger, M., Skorski, S., Meyer, T.Published in Science and Medicine in Football (2024)“…There was no consistent approach to modifying training and competition formats based on maturity status, with a primary focus on gym-based sessions for load management. …”
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Inhibitory control in elite young soccer players: a propensity-score matched cross-sectional study
Birklbauer, J., Stollnberger, D., Gonaus, C., Hödlmoser, K., Müller, E., Pointinger, M., Dirnberger, J., Finkenzeller, T., Amesberger, G., Richlan, F.Published in 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, 4-7 July 2023, Paris, France (2023)“…INTRODUCTION: Inhibitory control is suggested to be critical for success in soccer since players are required to stop inappropriate or ongoing movements, to suppress irrelevant or interfering information and to keep their attentional focus on what is most important. A few studies have in fact found that adult and youth elite players outperform non-elites in response inhibition ranging from medium to large effects. …”
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The cross-cultural training needs of football coaches
Borges, M., Rosado, A., Lobinger, B., Freitas, F., de Oliveira, R. F.Published in International Sport Coaching Journal (2024)“…To maximise recruitment reach, an online survey with open-ended questions was used followed by a qualitative thematic analysis. …”
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Typical weekly physical periodization in French academy soccer teams: a survey
Douchet, T., Paizis, C., Carling, C., Cometti, C., Babault, N.Published in Biology of Sport (2023)“…Respondents indicated that their training sessions focused mainly on physical development (95.6%) rather than match result. …”
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Causes of fatigue in elite football: A survey of elite football stakeholders
Bahdur, K.Published in 27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), Sevilla, 30. Aug - 2. Sep 2022 (2022)“…Mental fatigue (MF) and physical fatigue (PF) are precursors to burnout. Most research focuses on the physical load experienced during training and competition. …”
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Elite team sport athletes` perceptions and experiences of destructive coach leadership behavior
Sigvartsen, K. K., Sæther, S. A., Haugen, T., Erikstad, M. K., Peters, D. M., Høigaard, R.Published in 27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), Sevilla, 30. Aug - 2. Sep 2022 (2022)“…Ineffective coach leadership has primarily been linked to the absence of constructive leader behavior, often labeled in the concept of laissez-faire leadership resulting in unsatisfactory performance and losses for both athletes and teams. Less research has focused on identifying behaviors that the coaches shouldn`t do; destructive behaviors that may undermine the immediate and long-term effect of their otherwise effective and constructive behaviors. …”
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Elite female footballers in England: an exploration of mental ill-health and help-seeking intentions
Perry, C., Chauntry, A. J., Champ, F. M.Published in Science and Medicine in Football (2022)“…Objectives: Mental health research in sport is almost entirely focused on elite male athletes. However, recent research suggests that elite female athletes are at higher risk for mental ill-health when compared to their male counterparts. …”
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SoccerNet: a scalable dataset for action spotting in soccer videos
Giancola, S., Amine, M., Dghaily, T., Ghanem, B.Published in IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2018)“…With an average of one event every 6.9 minutes, this dataset focuses on the problem of localizing very sparse events within long videos. …”
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Postmatch recovery practices carried out in professional football: a survey of 56 portuguese professional football teams
Querido, S. M., Brito, J., Figueiredo, P., Carnide, F., Vaz, J. R., Freitas, S. R.Published in International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (2022)“…The questions focused on the type of recovery methods to be used at different times after home and away matches. …”
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Leipziger Sportwissenschaftliche Beiträge - Schwerpunktthema: Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft in Aus- und Weiterbildung (Leipziger Sportwissenschaftliche Beiträge - Focus: Sport and Exercise Science in Education and Training)
Dekan der Sportwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität LeipzigPublished in Leipziger Sportwissenschaftliche Beiträge (2021) -
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Less is more: Learning insights from a single motion sensor for accurate and explainable soccer goalkeeper kinematics
Lisca, G., Prodaniuc, C., Grauschopf, T., Axenie, C.Published in IEEE Xplore (2021)“…In the current study, we focus on a practical methodology to extract insights from goalkeeper kinematics to inform such analytics. …”
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An Analysis of Injury Incidence in Adult Male Soccer Players: A literature Review
Alfarraj, F., Newman, P., Witchalls, J., Bousie, J.Published in Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (2021)“…Injury distribution of training sessions against match scenarios was analysed, with a focus on injury mechanisms, circumstances, severity, and injury location. …”