Game-specific abilities in elite youth football players: validity and sensitivity to change in subjective coach ratings compared to objectively assessed data.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results underline that functional/physical testing twice during a season may be crucial for displaying performance levels of elite youth football players. Simple self-reported ratings by the coach may be valid in recent performance level assessment but not for performance changes. PMID: 31665876 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: J Sports Med Phys Fitness Source Type: research