Laterality related to the successive selection of Dutch national youth soccer players

In the general population, estimates of left-foot preference are around 20%. In soccer, specific tasks create positional demands, requiring 40% of the players to be left-footed. Whether and how this is related to the selection of players is unknown. To examine the successive selection of soccer play...

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Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2017-11, Vol.35 (22), p.2220-2224
Main Authors: Verbeek, Jan, Elferink-Gemser, Marije T., Jonker, Laura, Huijgen, Barbara C. H., Visscher, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Athletes
Children & youth
Feet
Foot
Functional Laterality
Humans
Laterality
left-footed
Male
Motor ability
Netherlands
Preferences
right-footed
Soccer
talent development
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Summary:In the general population, estimates of left-foot preference are around 20%. In soccer, specific tasks create positional demands, requiring 40% of the players to be left-footed. Whether and how this is related to the selection of players is unknown. To examine the successive selection of soccer players for Dutch national youth teams in relation to foot preference, 280 youth players (age = 16.2 ± 1.08 years) were monitored from the U16 through the U19 teams over the last 5 years. No difference in successive selection between left- and right-footed players was found (p 
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2016.1262544