OBJECTIVES To determine the relationships between physical and performance characteristics and level of skill in youth soccer players aged 12-16 years. METHODS Anthropometry, maturity status, functional and sport-specific parameters were assessed in elite, sub-elite, and non-elite youth players in four age groups: U13 (n = 117), U14 (n = 136), U15 (n = 138) and U16 (n = 99). RESULTS Multiva...

Game users can behave co-operatively or competitively with other players. An experiment was performed to test the hypothesis that a shared social space (SSS) with continuous and "rich" communication possibilities leads to an increase in forming coalitions. The DOOM game – as a simulation of a competitive world – provides a test environment, where a group of four players has to fight against eac...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the influence of compliance with neuromuscular training (NMT) on the knee injury rate in football. AIM To evaluate team and player compliance with an NMT programme in adolescent female football and to study the association between compliance and acute knee injury rates. METHODS Prospective cohort study based on a cluster randomised controlled trial on player...

Abstract: The present study aimed to examine the “Effect of slow suryanamaskar on co-ordination among state level male football players”. subjects’ sample consists forty-five (N=30) players ranging between 18-25 years age were selected randomly. subjects divided into two groups namely: Experimental Group (15 in total) and Control subjects). Group-I (n=15) was given training, Group-II chosen as ...

The aim of the study was to identify morphological structures of young female volleyball players according to age, and to assess the impact of these morphological structures on technical and situation efficacy. A set of 13 morphological measures as predictor variables, a set of 6 technique elements, and assessment of performance quality as criterion variables were employed in a sample of 246 fe...

Game users can behave co-operatively or competitively with other players. An experiment was performed to test the hypothesis that a shared social space (SSS) with continuous and "rich" communication possibilities leads to an increase in forming coalitions. The DOOM game – as a simulation of a competitive world – provides a test environment, where a group of four players has to fight against eac...

This study evaluated force and velocity parameters of vertical jump performance in countermovement jump (CMJ) and squat jump (SJ) and compared results for sprint runners and volleyball players. Twenty-four male athletes (12 regional/national-level sprint runners and 12 national-level volleyball players) performed CMJ and SJ on a force platform. The following variables were analyzed: jump perfor...