Frontiers in Sports and Active Living | Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Apr 2025

Selection Biases in Elite Youth Handball: Early Maturation Compensates for Younger Relative Age

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Lutz Thieschäfer
Jörg Schorer
Jochen Beppler
Dirk Büsch

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1579857

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2025

The influence of time of day on disruptive behaviours in middle school students during physical education classes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mohamed Sami Bouzid
Hassan Melki
Ghazi Racil
Aymen Hawani
Sabra Hammoudi
Youssef Rezgani
Johnny Padulo

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546436

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Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2025

Only the stable survive: role of balance task difficulty on dynamic postural control in young athletes and non-athletes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Thomas Muehlbauer
Katharina Borgmann
Sam Limpach
Dirk Krombholz
Adam Schweda
Sheila Geiger
Stefan Panzer

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1556727

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Original Research

Accepted on 03 Apr 2025

Passing-skill training versus small-sided games for improvement of side-foot kick accuracy among youth female soccer players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Tomas Carlsson
Joakim Broman
Jenny Isberg
Magnus Carlsson

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1506563

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Apr 2025

The relative age effect and the relationship between biological maturity and athletic performance in Austrian elite youth soccer players

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Mirko Wenger
Robert Csapo

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1583880

Opinion

Accepted on 31 Mar 2025

Do Heart Rates of Elite Marathon Runners Exhibit Room for Drift? Implications for Durability

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Fuminori Takayama
Atsushi Aoyagi

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1571498

Original Research

Published on 31 Mar 2025

Angular kinematics during top speed sprinting in male intercollegiate track and field and team sport athletes

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Kenneth P. Clark
Christopher R. Meng
Cory T. Walts
Laurence J. Ryan
David J. Stearne

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1535798

632 views

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Mar 2025

Born to Win? Investigating the Relative Age Effects in the Big Five European Women's Football Leagues

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Benito Pérez-González
Iyán Iván-Baragaño
José Bonal
Jairo León-Quismondo
Álvaro Fernández-Luna
Pablo Burillo

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546913

Original Research

Published on 27 Mar 2025

Training exercises, match demands, and variability in elite futsal

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

João Nuno Ribeiro
António Ferraz
Bruno Gonçalves
Carlos Serrano
Diogo Coutinho
Rafael Ballester
Bruno Travassos

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1553046

823 views

Systematic Review

Published on 20 Mar 2025

Sports training in virtual reality with a focus on visual perception: a systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Kerstin Witte
Dan Bürger
Stefan Pastel

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1530948

898 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Mar 2025

Longitudinal investigations of development in handball and its association with relative age effects

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jörg Schorer
Irene Faber
Dirk Büsch
Joseph Baker
Nick Wattie

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1528684

909 views

Editorial

Accepted on 17 Mar 2025

Editorial: Training in Sports: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Carlos Eduardo Gonçalves
Ernesto Costa

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1590162

110 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Mar 2025

Mental health challenges and substance use in student-athletes: prevalence and impact

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Erin M. Moore
Maylasia A. Simmons
Julianna Threatt

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1527793

1,324 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Mar 2025

The Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) Relative Age Solutions Project-Part One: A Call to Action

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Adam Leigh Kelly
Frederike Zwenk
David Mann
Jan Verbeek

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1546829

Original Research

Published on 13 Mar 2025

Tell me your date of birth, and I will tell you how good you are in orienteering

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Alberto Ferriz-Valero
Javier Montiel-Bontmatí
Ove Østerlie
Juan Pedro Caraça-Valente
Alberto Mínguez-Viñambres
Héctor Esteve-Ibáñez

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1558135

817 views

Systematic Review

Published on 11 Mar 2025

Field-based tests for determining critical speed among runners and its practical application: a systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Lucie Lipková
Ivan Struhár
Jakub Krajňák
Dominik Puda
Michal Kumstát

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1520914

858 views