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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

151 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

930 views

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Aug 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

129 views

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Aug 2025

Investigating validity evidence for Coach Precompetitive Communication Questionnaire-Preference (CPCQ-P) 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

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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

1,401 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

1,333 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

1,351 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

1,294 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

1,598 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

2,239 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2025

Characteristics and perceived suitability of artificial intelligence-driven sports coaches: a pilot study on psychological and perceptual factors

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Carlo Dindorf
Jonas Dully
Eva Bartaguiz
Tessa Menges
Claudia Reidick
Johann-Nikolaus Seibert
Michael Fröhlich

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1548980

2,932 views

Original Research

Published on 09 May 2025

Performance level discriminative validity of agility tests in youth tennis players

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Goran Munivrana
Goran Jelaska
Mario Tomljanović

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1486777

2,149 views

Review

Published on 06 May 2025

The effect of relative pitch size on physiological, physical, technical and tactical variables in small-sided games: a literature review and practical guide

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Michael C. Rumpf
Johannes Jäger
Filipe M. Clemente
Stefan Altmann
Matthias Lochmann

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1592536

4,513 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Relationship between transformational leadership and positive youth development in Japanese sports

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Saori Nakayama
Makoto Izawa

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1569274

2,576 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Agility development in youth soccer: the efficacy of fixed-role small-sided games

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Ioan Neag
Ion Mihaila
Leonard Julien Fleancu
Maura Stancu
Vladimir Potop
Dumitru Barbu
Laurian – Ioan Păun
Ilie Mihai

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1593906

2,862 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Apr 2025

Design, validation, and reliability of the Bangor rugby assessment tool for evaluating technical and tactical skills in rugby union development pathways

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

George C. Lowe
Julian A. Owen
Victoria M. Gottwald
Eleri S. Jones

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1568302

2,601 views
1 citation