Performance of Youth Athletes Is Not Consistently Determined by Maturity or Training Experience: A Cross-Sectional Study
These findings suggest that maturity status and training experience are linked to performance, although their relative roles differ across tasks. These findings reflect an interaction between biological maturity, training background and sports performance in youth athletes.
Authors
- Chrysostomos Sahinis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5974-7948)
- Roger M. Enoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-2397)
- Ioannis G. Amiridis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3731-8998)
- Rafail Georgios Pechlivanos
- Nikolaos Varvariotis
- A. Lykidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9498-8469)
- Anthi Angelou
Institutions
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- General Hospital of Serres (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk11020166
- Primary Topic
- Sports Performance and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society