The effect of playing status,maturity status,and playing position on the development of match skills in elite youth football players aged 11–18 years: A mixed-longitudinal study |
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| Authors: | Chris Saward John G Morris Mary E Nevill Caroline Sunderland |
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| Institution: | Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Group, Department of Sport Science, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK |
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| Abstract: | This mixed-longitudinal study examined the development of match skills in elite male youth footballers (aged 11–18 years), while considering the effect of playing status, maturity status, and playing position. Across two seasons, 126 elite male youth footballers were assessed in 1–10 competitive matches (401 player-matches). For each match, the on-the-ball actions of each player were recorded using a notation system. The match skills observed were frequencies of successful passes, on-target shots, dribbles, crosses, clearances, and tackles/blocks/interceptions. Multilevel Poisson analysis was used to model the development of players, with regard to each match skill. Modelling revealed significant (p?p?p?p?p?
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| Keywords: | Talent skill youth team sport game analysis modelling |
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