International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spatial partitioning of the football pitch based on successful passing paths35
Practice and match workload of a female tennis player in two annual seasons: A single-case study32
Coaches’ opinions about teaching defensive skills for youth handball teams29
Coaches’ perceptions of innovation programs of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation29
A case study of a sports school scholarship programme: Student-athlete dual career competency development and perceptions of the talent development environment28
Predicting change-of-direction performance in elite young badminton players: A multiple regression analysis on acceleration- and deceleration-related qualities21
Multi-sports training in English soccer academies: A survey exploring practices, practitioner perspectives, and barriers to use21
How much training do English male academy players really do? Load inside and outside of a football academy20
Investigating the role of age and maturation on the association between tennis experience and cognitive function in junior beginner to intermediate-level tennis players20
A qualitative analysis of existing concussion return to play protocols and psychological recovery management in Gaelic games20
The use of player tracking data to analyze defensive play in professional soccer - A scoping review19
Exploring the influence of task and environmental constraints on batting and bowling performance in cricket: A systematic review18
How external and internal focus are used in the field: A review18
A data-driven analysis of the technical and tactical evolution of elite women's football17
Effects of different sprint training programs with ball on explosive, high-intensity and endurance-intensive performances in male young soccer players17
Concurrent training in team sports: A systematic review17
Uncovering the roles of complexity and expertise in memorizing tactical movements from videos with coach's pointing gestures and guided gaze16
Quantifying defensive performance in football: A piecewise parametric survival approach to goal scoring time16
Mundane, repetitive, and forgettable’ : A qualitative investigation of elite Gaelic football players’ perceptions of half-time team talks16
Development of the brief expertise scale for sports coaching15
Kinematics and kinetics of pick-up acceleration15
An investigation of data-driven player positional roles within the Australian Football League Women's competition using technical skill match-play data14
Coach and player rating of perceived challenge (RPC) as a skill monitoring tool in Rugby union14
Quiet eye training during the rugby union goal-kick: Practice and transfer effects in low- and high-pressure conditions13
Devils or angels when in love? An exploratory study investigating romantic love among high-risk athletes13
Comparison of physical demands between matches and small-sided games in Australian Football13
Considerations for vertical jump testing in collegiate basketball players: The impact of immediate individual versus social comparison feedback and team leaderboard engagement13
An exploration of differential ratings of perceived exertion and training load in women's collegiate ice hockey13
Identifying the characteristics, constraints, and enablers to creating value in applied performance analysis13
The reliability and validity of mobalytics proving ground as a perceptual-motor skill assessment for esports12
The accuracy of measuring velocity during weightlifting movements with five velocity-based training devices12
Accuracy and reliability of college athletes’ scoring of artificial urine color samples to determine hydration status12
Effect of different set configurations on barbell trajectories during the power snatch12
Cycling coaches’ trauma–specific education, familiarity with post-traumatic stress, and coaching efficacy12
Factors influencing the intentions of people with disabilities to participate in e-sports: An application of the theory of planned behavior11
Subjective knowledge in open water activities: Scale development and validation11
Athletes’ transitions from part-time to full-time performance programmes: Athletes’ and coaches’ perceptions11
Players at home: Physical activity and quality of life in 12–17 years-old football (soccer) players during the Covid-19 lockdown11
Integrating strength and conditioning training and golf practice during the golf season: Approaches and perceptions of highly skilled golfers11
Impact of a Tactical Critical Thinking Program (TPCT) on ball control and passing accuracy in U-8 football players: A quasi-experimental study11
Wall Drop Punt Kick & Catch: Contributions towards the creation of a new gross manipulative coordination test11
Coaching special Olympics: A scoping review11
The effect of real-time visual feedback and verbal encouragement on repetition velocity of squat, bench press and deadlift exercises in competitive powerlifters11
Training and testing practices of strength and conditioning coaches in Argentinian Rugby Union11
Quantifying player versatility through lineup-based playing styles in elite basketball10
The effects of attentional focus instructions on approach jump performance10
The impacts of organizational justice on collegiate coaches’ attitudinal outcomes: Mediating effect of trust10
Psychometric properties of the Recovery Experience Questionnaire in a coaching population10
Zones where corner kicks are most effective in the penalty box: Is there a sweet spot?10
Effect of intra-session exercise sequence on the load–velocity relationship variables after a concurrent sprint interval and resistance training program10
The strategic delivery of video-based coaching: A season-long investigation in one English youth soccer academy10
Barriers and facilitators to implementing the Activate injury prevention exercise programme – A qualitative study of schoolboy rugby coaches10
The adaptable coach – A critical review of the practical implications for traditional and constraints–led approaches in sports coaching: A commentary9
Sex-based differences in concussion incidence and its underlying injury mechanism in team bat/stick sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Exploring determinants of international transfers of women soccer players in Portuguese football9
Cooperative passing network features are associated with successful match outcomes in the Australian Football League9
Effects of physical training on change of direction performance: A systematic review with meta-analysis9
Effect of practice hours on elite junior tennis players’ burnout: Gender differences9
Group cohesion profiles in athletes: Relationships with two waves of coping and affects in competition9
‘I’m not prepared to sacrifice my life for other people’s tennis’: An explorative study into the career narratives of female tennis coaches9
Peer-to-peer online video feedback with pedagogical activity improves the snatch learning during the COVID-19-induced confinement in young weightlifting athletes9
Practices and perceptions of strength and conditioning in female golf: A survey study of touring professionals9
Should sports scientists and coaches provide sodium supplementation to professional soccer players? Insights from English premier league players9
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 pathway8
Cluster analysis on ball recovery and handling from top 5 European leagues reveals emerging tactical patterns in soccer8
Addressing gender disparities in youth sport coaching: A narrative review of European programmes (FEMCoach project)8
Gender differences in leadership behaviors of female coaches and their leadership effectiveness8
Relations between empowering and disempowering motivational climate with burnout, fear of failure and grit8
Locomotor activities and subjective load differences between professional youth soccer players and professional development loans: A comparative analysis8
Winning the second half: The perceived and actual impact of the coach's half-time speech on basketball players’ performance8
Rink hockey “Ok-XS”. Motor behavior effects of scaling games in U8 players8
Youth sport coaches' perceptions of participating in the Transformational Coaching Workshop – A qualitative evaluation8
Reliability of isometric mid-thigh pull for maximal strength testing in youth athletes: A systematic review8
Profiling of expert bouldering routesetters8
Exploring the relationship between coach-initiated motivational climate and athlete well-being, resilience, and psychological safety in competitive sport teams8
Influence of height and reach on fight-ending punches in the ultimate fighting championship™ mixed martial arts promotion8
Participation in the under-18 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament does not predict attaining NBA, Euroleague, or Eurocup8
Habit or lack of education? Hypohydration is present in elite senior judo athletes even during a weight-stable training camp8
“It is like an endless guilt trip” – Greco-Roman wrestlers’ willingness to train and compete with pain and/or injuries8
The “sports wars”: A contest theory approach to cities hosting game8
Post-activation performance enhancement after inclusion of opponent versus no opponent during isoinertial crossover step exercise: A randomized crossover trial7
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 analyses7
The importance of paddling to surfing performance: Insights from elite athletes, coaches, and performance support practitioners7
An eye-tracking study of how coach's nonverbal communication affects memorization of basketball tactical scenes7
Assessing perceived effectiveness of vocational coach education programme: Identifying COM-B based barriers and enablers of behaviour change7
Training, anthropometric, and physical performance profiles of players in the U19 men's volleyball at different in-game role7
Macro periodisation of competition in international women's tennis: Insights for long-term athlete development7
What do athlete's really think? Athlete perceptions and attitudes towards athlete monitoring in professional soccer7
Win three-sets sports: Game patterns, gender comparisons, and comeback analysis7
The effects of an HIIT program on young soccer players’ physical performance7
Practice activities and behaviours employed by youth soccer coaches within a professional female soccer academy in England: A case study7
Immersive training in ice hockey: Evaluating the impact of virtual reality on engagement, enjoyment, and motivation7
Provision of online information and resources for resistance training in Australian youth sports: A scoping review7
Evaluating the impact of a digitally implemented subjective standard on professional rugby union player management decision-making7
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
A systematic review investigating mentorship programmes for women in coaching and leadership roles in sport7
Shall we double the box? – Pitch scaling strategies for enhanced representativeness in soccer training7
How do young soccer players train? A 5-year analysis of weekly microcycle training load characteristics in an elite youth academy7
Absolute and relative peak power and optimum power load in Back Squat and bent-over row exercises in judo athletes: The role of body weight7
Objectivity of match analysis in football: Testing the level of agreement between coaches’ interpretations of video data7
Muscle power performance in parabadminton athletes: Influence of classification, impairment type, and anthropometric factors7
Variations in Attack Patterns between Female and Male outside hitters in top-level Volleyball6
Does instructing attentional focus direction affect static single leg balance performance?6
Concussion education for New Zealand high school rugby players: A mixed-method analysis of the impact on concussion knowledge, attitudes and reporting behaviours6
Fear of failure and perception of the motivational climate under the coach pressure6
A stochastic analysis of the 4 × 100 m relay6
Effect of the golden points and non-golden points on performance parameters in professional padel6
Effects of coaches' authentic leadership on athletes' training competition satisfaction: The mediating roles of psychological ownership and athlete engagement6
Understanding the pedagogical practice in futsal teaching and learning process based on the TGfU approach6
Coaching practices to develop underwater fly kick performance in swimming training6
Curved sprinting in soccer: The influence of radius6
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)6
A comparison of three load-velocity based methods to estimate maximum overhead press performance in weightlifters6
Analysis of the competition programmes of elite and sub-elite swimmers: The influence of sex, stroke and race distance6
Comparisons and correlations between the anthropometric profile and physical performance of professional female and male soccer players: Individualities that should be considered in training6
The cardiovascular response to international Olympic class windsurfing competition6
“There is a lot more potential” - practitioner perspectives on technology and data-driven talent identification, selection, and development in a German Bundesliga academy6
Rates of ground reaction force development are associated with running speed during sprint acceleration6
Dealing with de-selection from youth international football: A case study of English Premier League academies6
Can early golfing lead to acetabular and lower limb changes? A cross-sectional study6
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 players6
The association between training load and physical development in professional male youth soccer players: a systematic review6
The differentiation of single and dual career athletes falls short: A person-oriented approach to characterize typical objective life situations of elite athletes6
Practical application of a heuristic model for swim coaches to optimize training5
Under pressure: Integrating machine learning to quantify clutch moments in American football5
The effect of coach identity leadership on athletes’ experiential avoidance: the mediating role of athletes’ perceptions of coach-related critical attitudes and subjective vitality5
The effect of within-day energy distribution on lean body mass and body fat in athletes: A systematic review5
Assessing asymmetries and predicting performance in semiprofessional soccer players5
An examination of pre-activity and post-activity training practices of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and Division III baseball coaches5
Between-day reliability of inertial measurement unit parameters during soccer-specific change of direction test5
Dietary intake and training load in youth male soccer players during a microcycle: Analysis of intra-week variation and examination of associations between measures5
Analysis of the return in professional men's and women's padel5
The kinematics of pace bowling associated with lumbar bone stress injuries: Disparities observed in elite male and female cricketers5
Current perception and practice of athletics coaches about the modification of footstrike pattern in endurance runners: A survey5
Characterizations and practical applications of off-feet conditioning interval training in open skill sports5
The importance of positional placement: Investigating the influence of different infield positions of floater players in small-sided soccer games5
Comparison of two measurement devices for obtaining horizontal force-velocity profile variables during sprint running5
Decision-making assessments in youth team invasion game athletes: A systematic scoping review5
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 efficacy5
Scoring probability model based on service landing location and ranking points in men’s professional tennis matches5
The relationship between physical qualities and contact technique in academy rugby union players5
Throwing it out there: Grip on multidimensional performance characteristics of judoka – a systematic review5
Multidimensional analysis of players’ responses in basketball small-sided games: The impact of changing game rules5
Life satisfaction of Paralympians: The role of needs satisfaction and passion5
Not much “I” in “Team”: Content analysis of pregame speeches in American football5
Violinboxplot and enhanced radar plot as components of effective graphical dashboards: An educational example of sports analytics5
The effect of different playing surfaces on soccer skill performance5
Practices of strength and conditioning coaches across Chinese high-performance sports5
A global survey exploring tackle training knowledge, attitudes and practices of women's rugby union coaches5
Recovery management in sport: Overview and outcomes of a nine-year multicenter research program5
Description of collective behaviour in football according to the level of competence in representative tasks from positional data: Systematic review5
2019 Touch World Cup: An analysis of movement demands by half and gender5
The role of mental fatigue in soccer: a systematic review5
The perceived influence of menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptives on training and performance: Comparison between football, handball, and orienteering5
Physical testing and strength and conditioning practices differ between coaches working in academy and first team soccer5
Neuromuscular adaptations to different set configurations during a periodized power training block in elite junior Judokas5
The use of K-means clustering for the organisation of training groups in Australian football4
Gender differences in parental educational styles in athletes: Competition level and sport success4
Measuring player pace of play in elite female association football4
The identification and development of young talent in Spanish soccer academies: A 10-year multi-study follow-up4
Fitness testing and readiness practices among female football practitioners: A survey study4
Susceptibility to cognitive biases in athlete-team selection4
The kinetic differences in knee joint loading under different foot support patterns in table tennis players4
Perfect shot reveal: Machine learning analysis of goal-scoring strategies in soccer4
Feasibility of ‘Daughters and Dads Cricket’: A programme targeting fathers to improve daughters’ engagement and skills in cricket4
Exploring the feasibility of a constraints-based curriculum with British diving coaches4
Construction and validation of the German coach-rating scale to assess achievement-motivated behavior in team sports (AMBIS-T)4
Aligning online and remote coaching with the digital age: Novel perspectives for an emerging field of research and practice4
Does transforming subjective measures of load better represent training and match-play intensity in youth soccer players?4
Internal load and wellness responses between consecutive collegiate female field hockey matches4
The relationships among trait mindfulness, obsessive passion, and emotions in high school sport managers4
Swimming speed comparison between two distinct arm pulls during the butterfly swim stroke4
Physical collisions during elite rugby league match play and training: A stakeholder's perspective4
Selected factors for triple jump preparation: A case study of an Olympic silver medalist4
Temporal analysis of elite men's doubles beach tennis matches4
Implementing biomechanical analyses for Indigenous athlete development: Lessons from applying the Knowledge-to-Action framework with a remote First Nation hockey team4
Corrigendum to ‘When coaching is a calling: A moderated mediating model among school sports coaches’4
Group draw with unknown qualified teams: A lesson from the 2022 FIFA World Cup draw4
Anthropometric and morphological characteristics of elite male cricket bowlers and batters over time: A systematic review4
“Is it a slow day or a go day?”: The perceptions and applications of velocity-based training within elite strength and conditioning4
Activity demands and technical proficiency within the female Australian Rules Football talent pathway4
Exploring weight bias, fatphobia, and diversity training among collegiate athletic coaches4
A post-COVID-19 proposal to apply artificial saliva substitutes to polish the cricket ball4
All about momentum: Investigating high-pressure situations in the NBA through scoring probability4
Tailoring support to the female athlete: A cross-sectional online survey to observe current practices in high performance sport4
Practices and perceptions in hamstring training for injury risk mitigation: A survey-based mixed-methods analysis4
Intervention accuracy and perception of fatigue in state-level Australian football umpires4
Women coaches at top level: Looking back through the maze4
The indirect effects of transformational leadership in soccer programmes for socio-economically disadvantaged individuals: Need satisfaction as a mechanism towards personal development4
Psychological contract on employee consequences among collegiate head coaches: The moderating role of procedural justice4
Professional padel: Comparative gender analysis of game transitions during matches4
Are local weather stations a feasible substitute for on-site measurements for heat stress assessment in sports?4
A coach's perspective on augmented feedback (and technology) in cricket4
Content validity of a new aquatic skill assessment tool: RAEE (refuse, assist, effective, efficient)4
Dribbling and passing performances predict individual success in small-sided soccer games4
The influence of full leg-length compression tights during treadmill running at race speed4
Mental toughness in elite adolescent football players: Exploring the role of motivational climate and coach-athlete relationships4
Assessing the effectiveness of the transformational coaching workshop using behavior change theory4
The role of Ramadan fasting and mental fatigue on sleep and cognitive performance in kickboxers4
Exploring the perceptions of leadership in Hong Kong rugby4
Strength and speed training practices of female Gaelic football coaches in Ireland4
No-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu: A Markovian analysis of elite-level combat dynamics4
Evaluating a behaviour change intervention to enhance athlete monitoring system engagement: Insights from elite sport4
Strength and conditioning practices of judo coaches4
Multivariate analysis of performance indicators in elite women's futsal: A principal component approach to understanding game dynamics4
Application of wearable technologies for player motion analysis in racket sports: A systematic review4
The influence of compression tights on running economy varies by relative intensity4
Determinant biomechanical variables for each sprint phase performance in track and field: A systematic review4
Cycling modelling under uncontrolled outdoor conditions using a wearable sensor and different meteorological measurement methods4
Wilbur Kraak: The coach of coaches and researchers4
Competence Needs Satisfaction in elite junior tennis: Gender differences4
Calculating expected win percentage of an Indian Premier League team4
Oliver’s four-factor model: Validation through causality4
Impact ranking methodologies in limited-overs cricket: A systematic review of performance metrics4
Technical pace bowling coaching of adolescent cricketers: A survey on practices and barriers4
The acute effects and reproducibility of resistance training fatigue on load-velocity relationship variables4
Using sport science data in collegiate athletics: Coaches’ perspectives4
Reliability and usefulness of a self-regulated 6-km submaximal ergometer training test set in elite rowers4
Managing concussion in the real world: Stakeholder perspectives of New Zealand Rugby's concussion management pathway4
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