Publications by authors named "Rodrigo Mendonca Teixeira"
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- This study explored the differences in physical, technical, and tactical skills among U-15 soccer players based on their coaches' evaluations of potential, categorizing them into promising, intermediate, and less promising groups.
- A total of 53 participants underwent various assessments, including anthropometry, maturity, and soccer-specific performance metrics, with findings showing that promising players excelled in sprinting and offensive actions during small-sided games.
- The results highlight the effectiveness of small-sided games in evaluating player skills, while also underscoring the significant influence of coaches' perceptions in talent identification and selection.
Although strength imbalances using isokinetic dynamometer have been examined for injury risk screening in soccer players, it is very expensive and time-consuming, making the evaluation of new methods appealing. The aim of the study was to analyze the agreement between muscular strength imbalances and skin temperature bilateral asymmetries as well as skin temperature differences in the hamstrings and quadriceps. The skin temperature of the anterior and posterior thigh of 59 healthy male soccer athletes was assessed at baseline using infrared thermography for the identification of hamstrings-quadriceps skin temperature differences and thermal asymmetries (>0.
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