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Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2025

Differences in isometric strength and sprinting speed of academy soccer players: a special interest in transition between the age groups and national team selected players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Martin Mikulič
Jozef Cholp
Nikolas Nagy
Filip Skala

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1630522

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Original Research

Published on 16 Jul 2025

Drop jump performance differences between ACL-injured and healthy semi-professional male soccer players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Dimitrije Cabarkapa
Damjana V. Cabarkapa
Yu Song
Andrew C. Fry
Thordis Gisladottir
Milos Petrovic

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618284

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Systematic Review

Published on 15 Jul 2025

Rating of perceived exertion in continuous sports: a scoping review with evidence gap map

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Gonçalo Torres
Filipe Maia
Fábio Yuzo Nakamura
Henrique Pereira Neiva
Ana Sousa

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1553998

817 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 08 Jul 2025

The Numbers Behind Success: Key Metrics for Advancing in Male Euro 2024

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adrián Martín-Castellanos
Marcos Raphael Pereira-Monteiro
Dr. Francisco Hermosilla Perona
Manuel Barba Ruíz
Diego Muriarte Solana
Enrique Alonso

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1622887

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Original Research

Published on 08 Jul 2025

Handgrip strength in elite youth football: potential for performance prediction and the moderating effects of age and maturation

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Sebastian Viktor Waldemar Schulz
Lucas Wizani
Lynn Matits
Eric Schwarz
Patrick Wiedemann
Daniel Alexander Bizjak
Achim Jerg
Johannes Kirsten
Alexander-Stephan Henze

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1625015

1,219 views

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Jul 2025

Faster, more accurate? A feasibility study on replacing human judges with artificial intelligence in video review for the Paris Olympics Taekwondo competition

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Yuncheng ZHANG
Ruojie Qu
Olivier Girard

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1632326

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Original Research

Accepted on 07 Jul 2025

Effect of Different Breathing Frequencies With Breath-holding on Muscle Activity and Coordination During Butterfly Swimming in National-level Female Swimmers

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Keisuke Kobayashi Yamakawa
Yasuo Sengoku
Hideki Takagi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1613966

185 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jul 2025

Relative age effect in the 2022–2023 World Fencing Championships

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Fabiana Bonito
Joana Viães
Júlia Teles
Luis A. Flores
Xavier Iglesias
Maria Isabel Fragoso

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1588316

1,684 views

Original Research

Accepted on 01 Jul 2025

"More players can reach national and international levels": Coaches perceptions of 'birthday-banding' in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adam Leigh Kelly
Achuthan Shanmugaratnam
Kathryn Johnston
Joe Baker
Matthew Ferguson
Mark Jeffreys
Josh Taylor
Alexander B.T. McAuley

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618333

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Original Research

Published on 01 Jul 2025

Effects of a 7-day step taper, training cessation, and retraining on lower body physical and morphological aspects in elite female ice hockey players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Daichi Nishiumi
Daichi Yamashita
Takanori Kurokawa
Naoki Hirase
Kazuki Wakamiya
Iñigo Mujika
Norikazu Hirose

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1541765

1,689 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Jul 2025

External training load and rating of perceived exertion comparison between different playing styles and winning vs. losing matches in elite tennis

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Péter János Tóth
István Csáki
János Négyesi
Károly Dobos
Krisztián Havanecz
Sándor Sáfár
Csaba Ökrös

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1613661

1,345 views

Original Research

Accepted on 30 Jun 2025

Contribution of trunk swing to performance of fixed-seat rowing

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Renee Lafreniere
Matt Jensen
Tomislav Smoljanovic
James M Wakeling
Marc Klimstra
Rebecca Thomas Orr
Courtney Pollock

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1618375

131 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jun 2025

Performance tracking in female youth soccer through wearables and subjective assessments

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Stefan Kranzinger
Christina Kranzinger
Wolfgang Kremser
Burkhard Duemler

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1627820

1,505 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Jun 2025

“Heads Up Girls!” a training intervention to improve scanning behavior in youth female football

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mirjam Hintermann
Michael Romann
Dennis-Peter Born
Wolfgang Taube
Jörg Fuchslocher

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1602099

1,615 views

Case Report

Published on 26 Jun 2025

Case Report: Case study of 100 consecutive IRONMAN®-distance triathlons—impact of race splits and sleep on the performance of an elite athlete

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Beat Knechtle
Luciano Bernardes Leite
Pedro Forte
Marilia Santos Andrade
Ivan Cuk
Pantelis T. Nikolaidis
Volker Scheer
Katja Weiss
Thomas Rosemann

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1554342

1,172 views

Editorial

Published on 25 Jun 2025

Editorial: Decoding endurance performance: from theory to practice

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Diego Jaén-Carrillo
Santiago Alejo Ruiz-Alias
Felipe García-Pinillos

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1643807

1,017 views