Talent development programmes for professional soccer clubs aim to guide players towards professional level performance. We identify whether the intermittent endurance capacity of these players may have changed over time. Since the 2000/2001 competition season, the intermittent endurance capacity of …

The present study examined whether performance characteristics discriminated between selected and deselected players in talent development programmes. This examination was carried out in talented soccer players, aged 16-18 years using objective measurement instruments. Four domains of multidimensional …

Research as setting for workplace learning.Presentatie gehouden op 12 september 2012 te Hamburg tijdens de Conferentie "Wissenschaft anders denken"

Meten van explosiviteit bij top indoor balteamsporters.Sporters en coaches zijn voortdurend opzoek naar de beste balans tussen belasting en herstel om optimaal te kunnen presteren. Deze balans is per individu verschillend, met name door het verschil in individuele capaciteiten1. De Groningen Monitoring …

Gender differences in the Orion program: a study of the Science Center (De Magneet). Presentatie tijdens Gender and Stem Conference van VHTO voor het werkveld en onderzoekers

In soccer, critical match events like goal attempts can be preceded by periods of instability in the balance between the two teams' behaviours. Therefore, we determined periods of high variability in the distance between the teams' centroid positions longitudinally and laterally in an international-standard …

In 1996 innovative, double major teacher education programs for Physics & Mathematics and Physics & Chemistry were initiated at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines. Both programs require 4 years of study. From the outset the focus was on making a difference in the quality of Science and …

Concept cartoons (Naylor & Keogh, 1999; Naylor et al, 2007) are a popular means to stimulate reasoning with science concepts among children from the age of 8 – 18. The concept cartoons also provide a natural context for children to design their own experiments. Show children a concept cartoon, have some …

The aim of this study was to prospectively monitor sport-specific performance and assess the stress-recovery balance in overreached (OR) soccer players and controls. During two competitive seasons, 94 players participated in the study. The stress-recovery balance (RESTQ-Sport) and sport-specific performance …