The developmental activities engaged in by elite youth soccer players who progressed to professional status compared to those who did not

By Paul R. Ford, A. M. Williams. 2012

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Psychosocial factors associated with talent development in football: A systematic review (2017, background): “Male players who attain and maintain a professional 8 football career have more football specific play and game-play activities in childhood than those 9 who do not reach an elite level (e.g., Ford & Williams, 2012; Ford, Ward, Hodges and Williams, 10 2009; Hornig, Aust & Güllich, 2016).”
Evidence-based policies for youth sport programmes (2016, background): “Furthermore, quantitative comparisons of elite and less elite athletes demonstrated that elite players were involved in more deliberate play hours than deliberate practice hours during childhood (Berry et al. 2008, Memmert et al. 2010, Ford and Williams 2012).”
Does Grit Influence Sport-Specific Engagement and Perceptual-Cognitive Expertise in Elite Youth Soccer? (2016, methodology): “Conversely, less gritty players may be less inclined to partake in extensive periods of domain-specific engagement, thus less likely to sustain the long periods of practice needed for successful performance (Ford et al., 2012; Ford et al., 2009; Ford & Williams, 2012; Ward et al., 2007).”