Outputs (3)

Progression from youth to professional soccer: A longitudinal study of successful and unsuccessful academy graduates (2021)
Journal Article
Dugdale, J. H., Sanders, D., Myers, T., Williams, A. M., & Hunter, A. M. (2021). Progression from youth to professional soccer: A longitudinal study of successful and unsuccessful academy graduates. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 31(S1), 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13701

To optimize use of available resources, professional academies develop strategies to assess, monitor, and evaluate players as they progress through adolescence toward adulthood. However, few published reports exist using longitudinal study designs to... Read More about Progression from youth to professional soccer: A longitudinal study of successful and unsuccessful academy graduates.

Selected, Deselected, and Reselected: A Case Study Analysis of Attributes Associated With Player Reselection Following Closure of a Youth Soccer Academy (2021)
Journal Article
Dugdale, J. H., McRobert, A. P., & Unnithan, V. B. (2021). Selected, Deselected, and Reselected: A Case Study Analysis of Attributes Associated With Player Reselection Following Closure of a Youth Soccer Academy. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, Article 633124. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.633124

Considering the perceived benefit of early recruitment and the time and resources spent developing youth players, individuals released from talent development programmes are often re-recruited by rival academies. However, due to the contractual natur... Read More about Selected, Deselected, and Reselected: A Case Study Analysis of Attributes Associated With Player Reselection Following Closure of a Youth Soccer Academy.

“He’s Just a Wee Laddie”: The Relative Age Effect in Male Scottish Soccer (2021)
Journal Article
Dugdale, J. H., McRobert, A. P., & Unnithan, V. B. (2021). “He’s Just a Wee Laddie”: The Relative Age Effect in Male Scottish Soccer. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 633469. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.633469

Significant structural, developmental, and financial constraints exist in Scottish soccer that may predicate a different approach to talent identification and development. To our knowledge, no published reports exist evaluating the prevalence of the... Read More about “He’s Just a Wee Laddie”: The Relative Age Effect in Male Scottish Soccer.