Pitch size varies in official soccer matches and differently sized pitches are adopted for tactical purposes in small-sided training games. Since interactive team behaviour emerges under constraints, the authors evaluate the effect of pitch size (task) manipulations on interactive team behaviour in small-sided …

Met het tweejarige kennisproject 'Op weg naar de goede vraag' richtte Hogeschool Utrecht zich samen met Hogeschool Rotterdam, Saxion en andere kennispartners op nieuwe vraagstrategieën bij waterschappen, woningcorporaties en zorginstellingen. Deze partijen wilden werken aan het anders en vooral beter …

Voor het Gelders Landschap is onderzocht welke kansen er liggen om de natuurwaarden, landschappelijke waarden en cultuurhistorische waarden duurzaam te versterken in relatie tot recreatieve, landbouwkundige en andere economische activiteiten. Het betreft het grondgebied van de gemeente Epe.

Een van de onderzoekslijnen bij het lectoraat Gebiedsontwikkeling en recht is grensoverschrijdende samenwerking (GROS). Vanwege de ligging van Saxion in oost-Nederland ligt de focus bij GROS op grensoverschrijdende samenwerking tussen Nederland en Duitsland. GROS wordt belemmerd door juridische, bestuurlijke …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This study gained more insight into the relation between improvements on sprinting with and without the ball in a group of national youth soccer players. The sprinting and dribbling performances, measured by time scoring, (n=14) were tested before and after a twelve week intensive training period. Performance …

In learning and development, self-regulation can be described as the extent to which individuals are metacognitively, motivationally, and behaviourally proactive participants in their learning process (Zimmerman, 1989, 2006). We examined the relationship between self-regulation and performance level …