International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

Article	Citations
Investigating the internal and external load output across different drill classifications in semi-elite male Australian football players	53
Multi-sports training in English soccer academies: A survey exploring practices, practitioner perspectives, and barriers to use	45
How much training do English male academy players really do? Load inside and outside of a football academy	35
Exploring the influence of task and environmental constraints on batting and bowling performance in cricket: A systematic review	25
A data-driven analysis of the technical and tactical evolution of elite women's football	24
A case study of a sports school scholarship programme: Student-athlete dual career competency development and perceptions of the talent development environment	23
Basic psychological need support, need satisfaction, and autonomous motivation in coach-athlete relationships: A systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Current strength and conditioning in Southeast Asia: Practices, challenges, and emerging trends	22
The effects of different kinematic sequences of the elite golf swing on clubhead speed	22
Can horizontal jump performance using minimal individual differences be used to regulate training load in young soccer players? A randomized controlled trial	22
‘ Mundane, repetitive, and forgettable’ : A qualitative investigation of elite Gaelic football players’ perceptions of half-time team talks	21
Burnout and cognitive workload among elite basketball coaches: Effects of coaching experience and practice structure	21
Knee sleeve practices and beliefs in recreational and competitive strength sport athletes: An international cross-sectional survey	21
Effects of player rotation strategies on autonomic regulation, perceived exertion, and recovery in basketball	20
The association between elite Australian football game-centric technical skills and running demands	20
Uncovering the roles of complexity and expertise in memorizing tactical movements from videos with coach's pointing gestures and guided gaze	20
A qualitative analysis of existing concussion return to play protocols and psychological recovery management in Gaelic games	19
Quantifying defensive performance in football: A piecewise parametric survival approach to goal scoring time	18
Spatial partitioning of the football pitch based on successful passing paths	18
Enabling or constraining? Equestrian coaches’ roles in supporting meaningful participation	17
Neck training in military pilots: A scoping review	17
Kinematics and kinetics of pick-up acceleration	17
Development of the brief expertise scale for sports coaching	16
Comparison of physical demands between matches and small-sided games in Australian Football	16
Identifying the characteristics, constraints, and enablers to creating value in applied performance analysis	16

Coach and player rating of perceived challenge (RPC) as a skill monitoring tool in Rugby union	16
What do we know (and not know) about adolescent awkwardness in youth sports? A narrative review	16
Subjective knowledge in open water activities: Scale development and validation	16
Naturalistic decision-making of football coaches	16
Training and testing practices of strength and conditioning coaches in Argentinian Rugby Union	15
Effect of intra-session exercise sequence on the load–velocity relationship variables after a concurrent sprint interval and resistance training program	15
Effect of different set configurations on barbell trajectories during the power snatch	15
Factors influencing the intentions of people with disabilities to participate in e-sports: An application of the theory of planned behavior	15
Impact of the Tactical Critical Thinking Program (TPCT) on ball control and passing accuracy in U-8 football players: A quasi-experimental study	14
Athletes’ transitions from part-time to full-time performance programmes: Athletes’ and coaches’ perceptions	14
Psychometric properties of the French athlete version of the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (Fr-CART-Q)	14
The effect of real-time visual feedback and verbal encouragement on repetition velocity of squat, bench press and deadlift exercises in competitive powerlifters	14
An exploration of differential ratings of perceived exertion and training load in women's collegiate ice hockey	14
Exploring adaptive coaching practices in elite table tennis: A qualitative perspective on tactical evolution and talent logic in the ABS ball era	14
The impacts of organizational justice on collegiate coaches’ attitudinal outcomes: Mediating effect of trust	14
Erratum to “Playing style identification in team sports: A systematic review from statistical dimensionality reduction to unsupervised machine learning”	14
An investigation of data-driven player positional roles within the Australian Football League Women's competition using technical skill match-play data	13
Female para-athletes’ menstrual health: An overlooked chapter in sports research	13
Psychometric properties of the Recovery Experience Questionnaire in a coaching population	13
An evaluation of the hot-hand hypothesis in the NBA when accounting for shot difficulty	13
Impact of resistance training frequency on physiological and performance adaptations: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Competing at sea level reduces high-intensity match running performance in elite U20 soccer players chronically training at moderate altitude	13
Effects of forward, backward, and combined resisted sprint training on sprint performance, sprint kinematics, and isokinetic knee muscle function in recreational soccer players	13
Integrating strength and conditioning training and golf practice during the golf season: Approaches and perceptions of highly skilled golfers	12
Expert perspectives on managing high-performance tennis pathways in South America: A qualitative analysis	12
Interpretable machine learning with SHAP for esports performance analysis of professional counter-strike players from 2012 to 2025	12
The accuracy of measuring velocity during weightlifting movements with five velocity-based training devices	12
The strategy tradeoff between risk and reward in soccer: Expected ball gain and expected possession value in Bundesliga	12
Competent cultural leadership in youth sport: A modified delphi study	12
Accuracy and reliability of college athletes’ scoring of artificial urine color samples to determine hydration status	12
Considerations for vertical jump testing in collegiate basketball players: The impact of immediate individual versus social comparison feedback and team leaderboard engagement	11
Community cricket coaches are ill-equipped for technical coaching of pace bowlers: A survey of Australian coaches	11
Coaching special Olympics: A scoping review	11
Exploring determinants of international transfers of women soccer players in Portuguese football	11
Barriers and facilitators to implementing the Activate injury prevention exercise programme – A qualitative study of schoolboy rugby coaches	11
‘I’m not prepared to sacrifice my life for other people’s tennis’: An explorative study into the career narratives of female tennis coaches	11
Assessment of spatiotemporal sprinting kinematics in the field: A comparison of a commercial 2-D markerless motion capture software using artificial intelligence with OptoJump	10
Sex-based differences in concussion incidence and its underlying injury mechanism in team bat/stick sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Athlete perceptions of in-person training, extended reality and video technologies for perceptual-cognitive development: A qualitative exploration of developmental American football quarterbacks’ pers	10
Peer-to-peer online video feedback with pedagogical activity improves the snatch learning during the COVID-19-induced confinement in young weightlifting athletes	10
Talent development environment questionnaire: Validation and exploratory analysis across international basketball academies	10
Mathematical model to support the identification of young football players with sufficient physical fitness to join professional women's teams	10
Effects of physical training on change of direction performance: A systematic review with meta-analysis	10
Applications of higher order Markov models and Pressure Index to strategize controlled run chases in Twenty20 cricket	9
Moderate–intensity double interval training to prepare the bike-to-run transition in long-distance triathletes: A narrative review	9
The misalignment between developmental pathways assumptions and enacted practice in youth football: Perspectives of technical directors in elite academies	9
The influence of relative pitch size on external load in professional men's soccer	9
An AI-based posture recognition system for analyzing the impact of core muscle strength on the forehand loop against backspin in table tennis	9
Effects of plyometric training on adolescent basketball players: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	9
An investigation of Swedish children and adolescents’ fun priorities in youth ice hockey	9

The strategic delivery of video-based coaching: A season-long investigation in one English youth soccer academy	9
Addressing gender disparities in youth sport coaching: A narrative review of European programmes (FEMCoach project)	9
Deep learning and sentiment analysis framework for classifying YouTube home-fitness videos	9
Evolution of physiological responses and quantification of neuromuscular fatigue during competition in male amateur padel players	9
A comparison of match demands using ball-in-play versus whole-match data in the 2023 super rugby Américas champion team	9
Evaluating training load self-monitoring in female soccer players: Estimating GPS-derived parameters	9
Should sports scientists and coaches provide sodium supplementation to professional soccer players? Insights from English premier league players	9
Influence of height and reach on fight-ending punches in the Ultimate Fighting Championship™ mixed martial arts promotion	9
Training and competition pathways to the Olympic games: Insights from developmental experiences of Colombian Olympians	8
Group cohesion profiles in athletes: Relationships with two waves of coping and affects in competition	8
The adaptable coach – A critical review of the practical implications for traditional and constraints–led approaches in sports coaching: A commentary	8
Differences in concussion knowledge and attitudes among American community rugby members	8
Match analysis trends in limited overs professional cricket: A systematic review of technical and tactical performance	8
The technical and tactical demands and capabilities of six English Category 1 academy goalkeepers: A case study	8
Exploring the relationship between coach-initiated motivational climate and athlete well-being, resilience, and psychological safety in competitive sport teams	8
A tale of two selection biases: The independent effects of relative age and biological maturity on player selection in the Football Association of Ireland's national talent pathway	8
Zones where corner kicks are most effective in the penalty box: Is there a sweet spot?	8
Cluster analysis on ball recovery and handling from top 5 European leagues reveals emerging tactical patterns in soccer	8
Quantifying player versatility through lineup-based playing styles in elite basketball	8
The effects of attentional focus instructions on approach jump performance	8
Practices and perceptions of strength and conditioning in female golf: A survey study of touring professionals	8
Coaching the women's game: A perspective on pedagogy, performance and coaching education	8
Habit or lack of education? Hypohydration is present in elite senior judo athletes even during a weight-stable training camp	7
Biological sex minimally affects the free-weight back squat load-velocity profile when accounting for relative strength: An exploratory study	7
Absolute and relative peak power and optimum power load in Back Squat and bent-over row exercises in judo athletes: The role of body weight	7
Feasibility and acceptability of a new shoulder-specific warm-up programme to prevent injuries in community youth rugby union as compared to the FIFA 11+	7
Canadian adolescent tackle football coaches’ helmet fitting experience, procedures, and beliefs for helmets and mouthguards effectiveness against injury	7
A systematic review investigating mentorship programmes for women in coaching and leadership roles in sport	7
Winning patterns under special conditions in elite men's padel players	7
From lab to court: Evaluating the transfer of improvements in laboratory assessments to on-court performance in collegiate basketball players	7
What do athlete's really think? Athlete perceptions and attitudes towards athlete monitoring in professional soccer	7
Gender differences in leadership behaviors of female coaches and their leadership effectiveness	7
Shall we double the box? – Pitch scaling strategies for enhanced representativeness in soccer training	7
Muscle power performance in parabadminton athletes: Influence of classification, impairment type, and anthropometric factors	7
“It is like an endless guilt trip”: Greco-Roman wrestlers’ willingness to train and compete with pain and/or injuries	7
Erratum to “Factors that distinguish effective frominefficient warm-ups in high-level surfers factors that make warm-ups effective”	7
Macro periodisation of competition in international women's tennis: Insights for long-term athlete development	7
Youth sport coaches' perceptions of participating in the Transformational Coaching Workshop – A qualitative evaluation	7
Relations between empowering and disempowering motivational climate with burnout, fear of failure and grit	7
What key variables differentiating positions across age categories in rugby union?	7
Participation in the under-18 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament does not predict attaining NBA, Euroleague, or Eurocup	7
The “sports wars”: A contest theory approach to cities hosting game	7
How do young soccer players train? A 5-year analysis of weekly microcycle training load characteristics in an elite youth academy	7
Locomotor activities and subjective load differences between professional youth soccer players and professional development loans: A comparative analysis	7
The importance of paddling to surfing performance: Insights from elite athletes, coaches, and performance support practitioners	7
Breast and/or bra implications for women golfers: A systematic scoping review	7
Dealing with de-selection from youth international football: A case study of English Premier League academies	7
Reliability of isometric mid-thigh pull for maximal strength testing in youth athletes: A systematic review	7
Practice activities and behaviours employed by youth soccer coaches within a professional female soccer academy in England: A case study	7
An eye-tracking study of how coach's nonverbal communication affects memorization of basketball tactical scenes	7
Physiological and biomechanical effects of changing rifle carry position in biathletes	7
Assessing biological maturity timing by MRI and coaches’ eye in elite youth soccer players: A comparison between objective and subjective diagnostics utilizing correlation and single case analyses	7
Win three-sets sports: Game patterns, gender comparisons, and comeback analysis	7
Profiling of expert bouldering routesetters	7
Evaluating the impact of a digitally implemented subjective standard on professional rugby union player management decision-making	6
The association between gaze behavior and parabadminton serves accuracy	6
Effects of coaches' authentic leadership on athletes' training competition satisfaction: The mediating roles of psychological ownership and athlete engagement	6
The cardiovascular response to international Olympic class windsurfing competition	6
Effect of rebound jump improvements on reactive agility performance: Insights into joint mechanics during the takeoff phase	6
Enhancing the Athlete Biological Passport with blockchain: A secure and transparent anti-doping approach	6
Assessing criterion validity and test-retest reliability of a computer vision-based system for tracking player location in cricket	6
Key stakeholder perceptions of the implementation of the English Football Association's Girls’ Emerging Talent Centre pathway	6
Fear of failure and perception of the motivational climate under the coach pressure	6
Geometrical comparison between instrumented and non-instrumented mouthguards for rugby: A pilot study	6
Who sleeps worse and why? An analysis of sex, chrononutrition, anxiety, and sleep in adolescent athletes	6
Start smart: Biomechanical differences and training implications of three sprint start techniques	6
Concussion education for New Zealand high school rugby players: A mixed-method analysis of the impact on concussion knowledge, attitudes and reporting behaviours	6
A stochastic analysis of the 4 × 100 m relay	6
Immersive training in ice hockey: Evaluating the impact of virtual reality on engagement, enjoyment, and motivation	6
Analysing serves in para table tennis: Modelling advantage and clustering points	6
The golf and strength and conditioning coach interface: A model to optimise performance support for golfers	6
Characteristics of leg motion that related to bent knee violation in race walking	6
Disciplinary strategies or reactive measures? An analysis of coach sanctions in elite Danish handball leagues	6
Effect of the golden points and non-golden points on performance parameters in professional padel	6
A framework for sporting success. Definitions and measures from research on sports featured in the 2014–2028 Olympic games: A scoping review	6
Assessing perceived effectiveness of vocational coach education programme: Identifying COM-B based barriers and enablers of behaviour change	6
Head acceleration events in academy rugby players: Impact of playing position on magnitude and incidence	6
Objectivity of match analysis in football: Testing the level of agreement between coaches’ interpretations of video data	6
Provision of online information and resources for resistance training in Australian youth sports: A scoping review	6
Born early, perform better: The impact of relative age on performance in Turkish youth basketball	6

Erratum to “Attributional style, psychological consequences, and resilience in high school baseball players under perceived failure”	6
Enjoyment, performance and perceived exertion in differential versus repetitive basketball shooting practice	6
Cycling performance in competitive Dutch youth cyclists: More than just power?	6
Relationship between training load and injury risk in elite young male football players: A systematic review	6
Formula for success: Using an accreditation to excel data literacy in early-career sport performance analysts	6
Is it time for a more analytical approach? Suboptimal shot selection strategies in handball	6
Rates of ground reaction force development are associated with running speed during sprint acceleration	6
Effects of resistance training based on optimum power load and time under tension on mechanical variables and repetition number in the vertical jump performance of trained individuals	6
Curved sprinting in soccer: The influence of radius	6
A comparison of three load-velocity based methods to estimate maximum overhead press performance in weightlifters	6
Dietary intake and training load in youth male soccer players during a microcycle: Analysis of intra-week variation and examination of associations between measures	5
Scoring probability model based on service landing location and ranking points in men’s professional tennis matches	5
The perceived influence of menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptives on training and performance: Comparison between football, handball, and orienteering	5
Assessing asymmetries and predicting performance in semiprofessional soccer players	5
Are you lookin’ at me? A mixed-methods case study to investigate the influence of coaches’ presence on performance testing outcomes in male academy rugby league players	5
Between-day reliability of inertial measurement unit parameters during soccer-specific change of direction test	5
Coaching practices to develop underwater fly kick performance in swimming training	5
Not much “I” in “Team”: Content analysis of pregame speeches in American football	5
Fringe team sport athletes in Canada: A scoping review	5
The effect of coach identity leadership on athletes’ experiential avoidance: the mediating role of athletes’ perceptions of coach-related critical attitudes and subjective vitality	5
Coaches’ perspectives on menstruation for female adolescent athletes	5
Technical–tactical behaviour and rally structure in professional men's doubles pickleball: A combined descriptive, predictive, and sequential analysis	5
Application of social network analysis in football match analysis: A systematic review	5
Throwing it out there: Grip on multidimensional performance characteristics of judoka – a systematic review	5
Grassroots football coaches’ knowledge and perspectives of physical literacy to improve child wellbeing through community sport	5
A global survey exploring tackle training knowledge, attitudes and practices of women's rugby union coaches	5
“There is a lot more potential” - practitioner perspectives on technology and data-driven talent identification, selection, and development in a German Bundesliga academy	5
The importance of positional placement: Investigating the influence of different infield positions of floater players in small-sided soccer games	5
Analysis of the competition programmes of elite and sub-elite swimmers: The influence of sex, stroke and race distance	5
Decision-making assessments in youth team invasion game athletes: A systematic scoping review	5
Influence of the constraints associated with the numerical game situations on the technical-tactical actions of U-11 football players in Spain: A commentary on Garcia-Angulo et al. (2024)	5
An integrated perspective of the demand–control and effort–reward imbalance models on burnout among sport coaches: The moderating role of over-commitment and coaching efficacy	5
An examination of pre-activity and post-activity training practices of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and Division III baseball coaches	5
The effect of within-day energy distribution on lean body mass and body fat in athletes: A systematic review	5
Prevalence, gender differences, and perpetrators of harassment and abuse in sport: Evidence from Türkiye	5
Comparisons and correlations between the anthropometric profile and physical performance of professional female and male soccer players: Individualities that should be considered in training	5
Rubrics on the pitch: Exploring the reliability of soccer scouts' assessments	5
Flag football's Olympic ascent: Perspectives on growth, safety, and analytics	5
Under pressure: Integrating machine learning to quantify clutch moments in American football	5
Analysis of the return in professional men's and women's padel	5
Reliability and validity of the 90° push-up test in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Multidimensional analysis of players’ responses in basketball small-sided games: The impact of changing game rules	5
Recovery management in sport: Overview and outcomes of a nine-year multicenter research program	5
The kinematics of pace bowling associated with lumbar bone stress injuries: Disparities observed in elite male and female cricketers	5
Looking good and moving well: Aesthetic labor imperatives in Les Mills instructors’ coaching experiences	5
Practices of strength and conditioning coaches across Chinese high-performance sports	5
Inside the academy: Biological maturation practices in Spanish professional football	5
Neuromuscular adaptations to different set configurations during a periodized power training block in elite junior Judokas	5
An exploration of the coach experience in Special Olympics	5
Skateboarding's Olympic debut: A comparative analysis describing the men's and women's street competition	4
Post-game recovery strategies in elite female soccer: A cross-sectional survey of Spanish first and second division teams	4
Physical collisions during elite rugby league match play and training: A stakeholder's perspective	4
Competence Needs Satisfaction in elite junior tennis: Gender differences	4
Internal load and wellness responses between consecutive collegiate female field hockey matches	4
Swimming speed comparison between two distinct arm pulls during the butterfly swim stroke	4
Kinematic differences in smash techniques between elite singles and doubles badminton players: Upper/lower trunk and upper limb analysis	4
Multivariate analysis of performance indicators in elite women's futsal: A principal component approach to understanding game dynamics	4
Professional padel: Comparative gender analysis of game transitions during matches	4
No-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu: A Markovian analysis of elite-level combat dynamics	4
Weight loss practices, perceptions, and eating disorders among Chinese female adolescent combat sports athletes	4
Tracking aerobic and anaerobic fitness in table tennis players with various athletic levels: A two-year study	4
Group draw with unknown qualified teams: A lesson from the 2022 FIFA World Cup draw	4
Exploring agreement between golfers and coach in evaluating a putt	4
Exploring the perceptions of leadership in Hong Kong rugby	4
Coach professional pathways in elite Brazilian futsal: An ecological systems approach	4
Physical testing and strength and conditioning practices differ between coaches working in academy and first team soccer	4
Characterizations and practical applications of off-feet conditioning interval training in open skill sports	4
Perfect shot reveal: Machine learning analysis of goal-scoring strategies in soccer	4
Construction and validation of the German coach-rating scale to assess achievement-motivated behavior in team sports (AMBIS-T)	4
Strength and conditioning practices of judo coaches	4
Fitness testing and readiness practices among female football practitioners: A survey study	4
Menstrual cycle phases affect recovery more than performance in trained cyclists	4
Managing concussion in the real world: Stakeholder perspectives of New Zealand Rugby's concussion management pathway	4
Anthropometric and morphological characteristics of elite male cricket bowlers and batters over time: A systematic review	4
Practices and perceptions in hamstring training for injury risk mitigation: A survey-based mixed-methods analysis	4
Assessing the effectiveness of the transformational coaching workshop using behavior change theory	4
The evolution of blocking purpose: From reactive defense to coordinated scoring in women's volleyball across five Olympic games (2008–2024)	4
Impact ranking methodologies in limited-overs cricket: A systematic review of performance metrics	4
Comparison of visual strategies between table tennis players of different skill levels in unpredictable rallies	4
The efficacy of complex training for enhancing change of direction ability: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The perception of talent development environment in football: Scale development and psychometric testing	4
Technical pace bowling coaching of adolescent cricketers: A survey on practices and barriers	4
Content validity of a new aquatic skill assessment tool: RAEE (refuse, assist, effective, efficient)	4
A post-COVID-19 proposal to apply artificial saliva substitutes to polish the cricket ball	4
A coach's perspective on augmented feedback (and technology) in cricket	4
Beyond the whistle: Attributes and developmental experiences which shape sporting officials	4
Exploring weight bias, fatphobia, and diversity training among collegiate athletic coaches	4
Comparison of external load between positional games and matches classified according to players’ positional roles	4
Current perception and practice of athletics coaches about the modification of footstrike pattern in endurance runners: A survey	4
Understanding the within match differences and variability during international youth male football match play in Oceania	4
Implementing biomechanical analyses for indigenous athlete development: Lessons from applying the Knowledge-to-Action framework with a remote First Nation hockey team	4
Determinant biomechanical variables for each sprint phase performance in track and field: A systematic review	4
Artificial intelligence coaches on the sidelines: Evaluating readability and quality of soccer training plans from six generative models	4
The influence of full leg-length compression tights during treadmill running at race speed	4
Comparison of the load-velocity relationship between bilateral and unilateral variants of the prone bench pull and leg press exercises	4