Somatotype, age, and neuromuscular performance in elite youth football players
Somatotype and age independently influence power performance in elite youth football players. Nevertheless, relative power analysis demonstrated that morphological differences primarily underlie these effects. Power metrics alone lack diagnostic validity for morphological classification and should complement, rather than replace, anthropometric assessment.
Authors
- Nikolaos E. Koundourakis
- Christos Tsiakiris
- Nikolaos Androulakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8842-2360)
Institutions
- University Hospital of Heraklion (GR)
- Manchester City Football Club (GB)
- National Infrastructures for Research and Technology - GRNET S.A (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23736/s0022-4707.25.17476-8
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00