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View article: Quantitative Talent Identification Reimagined: Sequential Testing Reduces Decision Uncertainty
Quantitative Talent Identification Reimagined: Sequential Testing Reduces Decision Uncertainty Open
Background/Objectives: Quantitative approaches to talent identification in youth soccer often rely on either closed-skill assessments or small-sided games, but each carries inherent uncertainties that can reduce selection accuracy. Effecti…
View article: Dribbling and passing performances predict individual success in small-sided soccer games
Dribbling and passing performances predict individual success in small-sided soccer games Open
Our aim was to identify the underlying physical and technical skill traits associated with success in 3v3 small-sided soccer games. We quantified the sprinting, dribbling, and passing performances of 41 individual youth footballers from an…
View article: Sex-specific performance, trade-offs and trait repeatability across the lifetime of the world's largest semelparous mammal (<i>Dasyurus hallucatus</i>)
Sex-specific performance, trade-offs and trait repeatability across the lifetime of the world's largest semelparous mammal (<i>Dasyurus hallucatus</i>) Open
The activities that define survival and reproductive success in animals depend on their physical performance. However, performance is a complex trait, and organisms must balance competing demands of multiple underlying factors every time t…