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Mini Review

Accepted on 29 Sep 2025

Touch restriction during small-sided games in soccer – Effects on physiological, physical and technical and tactical performance

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Michael Clemens Rumpf
Johannes Jäger
Stefan Altmann
Matthias Lochmann

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1705921

Original Research

Published on 29 Sep 2025

Submaximal intensity periods in game-based drills vs. match demands in professional football

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Edu Caro
Manuel Lapuente-Sagarra
Toni Caparrós
Miguel Ángel Campos-Vázquez
David Pajón

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1666652

410 views

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

The influence of specific cognitive training in virtual reality on the inhibition of professional elite young ice hockey players

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Florian Heilmann
Torsten Schubert

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1682165

300 views

Original Research

Accepted on 16 Sep 2025

A Comparison of Box-to-Box and Positional Possession Styles: Selecting an Appropriate Game Format for U13 Footballers (A Pilot Study)

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Imants Bleidelis
Signe Luika
Aleksandrs Kolesovs
Behnam Boobani

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1634446

316 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Sep 2025

'You can definitely tell she's truly committed': student-athletes' discursive construction of athletic commitment during transitions in secondary school

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Marie Loka Øydna
Milla Saarinen
Jens Christian Nielsen
Christian Thue Bjørndal

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1658234

333 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Sep 2025

“Everybody wants to coach it, but fewer know how to do it”: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ perspectives on mental skill development in youth sports

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Philippe O. Müller
Ulrike Schwarzer
Dave Collins
Renato Frey
Jörg Spörri

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1633943

2,103 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Sep 2025

Investigation of validity evidence for the Coach Precompetitive Communication Questionnaire-Preference for measurement of collegiate athlete preferences of coach speech content and delivery

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Corinne T. Zimmerman
Nicholas D. Myers
Robin S. Vealey

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1615784

1,454 views

Perspective

Accepted on 09 Sep 2025

Conducting transformative research protocols in sports science

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Robin Santi
Simon ISSERTE
Cyrille Gaudin
Sébastien Chaliès

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1646717

247 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Influence of relative strength on the optimal load of the hang power clean and hang high pull in collegiate athletes

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Yongmin Xie
Xingyu Pan
Fan Peng
Qinchang Sun

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1597535

1,291 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 01 Sep 2025

Analyzing angular momentum in the takeoff phase of medium-hill ski jumping

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Yuta Funato
Hirotaka Nakashima
Shinji Sakurai

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1643241

1,310 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Attentional mechanisms in light training tasks

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Andria Shimi
Theofanis Kyriacou
Marios N. Avraamides

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1623558

1,733 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Swimming coaches' perceptions and practices on periodization, performance monitoring, and training management

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Cristina Cano-Cuartero
Alejandro López-Hernández
Sergio Rodríguez-Barbero
José María González-Ravé

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1642020

1,850 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Aug 2025

Assessing fundamental motor skills proficiency in school-based sports physical education programs: implications for talent development

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Hubert Makaruk
E. Kipling Webster
Jared Porter
Beata Makaruk
Anna Bodasińska
Janusz Zieliński
Paweł Tomaszewski
Marta Nogal
Marcin Starzak
Marcin Śliwa

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1632930

1,787 views

Perspective

Published on 15 Aug 2025

The role of the sports coach in developing athlete capacity for transition to retirement

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Deborah Agnew
Shane Pill

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1650578

1,617 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Jul 2025

The influence of substitution decisions made by national team coaches on final match outcomes at UEFA EURO 2024

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Tomasz Gabrys
Radoslaw Chruscinski
Michal Garnys
Matej Suva
Karel Švátora

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1573823

1,925 views

Systematic Review

Published on 27 Jun 2025

Methodology and content for the design of basketball coach education programs: a systematic review

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Josep Alemany-Iturriaga
Julio Calleja-González
Jeisson Mosquera-Maturana
Álvaro Velarde-Sotres

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1614186

2,553 views