Relative Age Effect Analysis in the History of the Ballon d’Or (1956–2023) mdpi.com/2761136 #mdpisports a través de Sports

A pronounced RAE at the global level. However, the longitudinal analysis revealed variations in the behavior of the RAE over time

Massive congratulations Sam Barraclough - a really enjoyable day and great work…! 👏🏽 Enjoy your celebrations! 🎉

Congratulations to Dr Sam Barraclough for passing his PhD viva today! 🥳👏

Sam’s PhD explored multi-disciplinary profiling in elite youth soccer players and the implications for talent development with Leeds United

Thanks to DrSergioLara_ICK and Dr Adam L. Kelly for examining Sam’s thesis

An exciting time to contribute to our ongoing research in BCU Centre for Life and Sport Sciences - a perfect course to compliment work - get in touch with Adam for discussions!

Delighted to share our new Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) Birmingham City University 🤩

We are now recruiting students for September 2024 across all sport disciplines 🎓

Please reach out if you would like to learn more 💻

Find out more and apply here ⤵️
bcu.ac.uk/courses/profes…

Kashif Ali: “I was the first SACA graduate – there will be many more.'

Of the eight SACA graduates to earn pro contracts so far, Kashif Ali was the first. Here he reflects on making two centuries on his Vitality County Championship debut with Worcestershire CCC last week.

ecb.co.uk/news/3962108/k…

Birth Advantages in Male Italian Soccer: How They Influence Players Youth Career and Their Future Career Status is now available at the following link: mdpi.com/2075-4663/12/4…
Sports #sportsmdpi

Thanks to all the authors involved! 😊

Below, is a thread 👇

⚽️ We are pleased to share our new article entitled

'Mapping talent pathways: A comparative study of developmental activities and practice structure in Brazilian and Spanish U-18 elite youth male players'

✍️Inter Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

🔎 doi.org/10.1177/174795…

Open Access version now available online 🖥️ JSAMS

Advancing Athlete Development: How Percentile Comparison Methods (PCMs) can Identify Youth Developmental Profiles 📊

doi.org/10.1016/j.jsam…

Place Matters: A Study on the Influence of Birthplace and the Place of Development on Soccer Academy Players’ Careers mdpi.com/2736006 #mdpisports a través de Sports

Delighted to have contributed to the FIFA Training Centre, discussing our study with Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 examining biological maturity selection biases in (inter)national youth football by playing position. Thanks to Paul S Bradley for the opportunity!

fifatrainingcentre.com/en/community/r…

Talking a Good Game: Identifying the Discrepancies in Football Coaches’ Beliefs and Actions in Player Selection.

Download your version of our latest paper below. Many thanks to Neil Clarke Michael Ashford Mark Noon and Rhys Morris.

journalofexpertise.org/articles/volum…

The ECB are set to launch a new research project designed to create more equality in the talent pathways | George Dobell

thecricketer.com/Topics/ecb/inc…

🚨 Research Alert
🔷 Talent Development
⬇️ Dr Adam Kelly

'To create more effective and efficient systems, we need to understand how to work with more diverse groups within cricket.'

#BCUAlert Birmingham City University

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Our survey on fitness testing, data analysis, and reporting in elite male soccer is now available online ⚽ 📊. Massive thanks to all the practitioners participating and this incredible team of authors.

You can read the full-text here 👇 :
frontiersin.org/journals/physi…

New publication available open access 🔓

While most performance skills improve as chronological or biological age increases, measures of agility and reaction time may not...

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨New Article 🚨
📷⚽️Discussing coaches’ perceptions of the key attributes for youth soccer player recruitment, with the development of a Talent ID Questionnaire ⚽️📷
Alliance Kubayi
tandfonline.com/eprint/GQKIFMM…
Institute for Health and Sport, VU Football VU @TrackVU🚨

Some incredible work out soon by Nikolaos Asimakidis as part of his PhD investigating fitness assessment, analysis, and data communication in football.

Thanks to all those who participated in this survey, which sets the scene of this exciting project 🙏 📊

Talent Identification and Relative Age Effects (RAE) in English Male #Rugby Union Pathways

Presence of RAE in youth categories
Absence of RAE in seniors

Bith Quartile (BQ) 4 were 3.9 times more likely to achieve senior professional and international levels than BQ1s and BQ2s 🚀

This week, we gathered in Doha as the Global Football Development Division to align our goals and purpose, bringing together all departments and experts to collaborate and deliver the best of FIFA to our Member Associations.

As Arsène puts it, “There’s no better job in life,…