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A Comparison Of The Physical And Anthropometric Qualities Explanatory Of Talent In The Elite Junior Australian Football Development Pathway.Pdf, Carl Woods, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
A Comparison Of The Physical And Anthropometric Qualities Explanatory Of Talent In The Elite Junior Australian Football Development Pathway.Pdf, Carl Woods, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
Ashley Cripps
Objectives: To compare the physical and anthropometric qualities explanatory of talent at two develop-mental levels in junior Australian football (AF).
Design: Cross-sectional observational. Methods: From a total of 134 juniors, two developmental levels were categorised; U16 (n = 50; 15.6 ± 0.3 y), U18 (n = 84; 17.4 ± 0.5 y). Within these levels, two groups were a priori defined; talent identified (U16; n = 25; 15.7 ± 0.2 y; U18 n = 42; 17.5 ± 0.4 y), non-talent identified (U16; n = 25; 15.6 ± 0.4 y; U18; n = 42; 17.3 ± 0.6 y). Players completed seven physical …