The relationship between peak height velocity and physical performance in youth soccer players

RM Philippaerts, R Vaeyens, M Janssens… - Journal of sports …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Longitudinal changes in height, weight and physical performance were studied in 33
Flemish male youth soccer players from the Ghent Youth Soccer Project. The players' ages …

A multidisciplinary selection model for youth soccer: the Ghent Youth Soccer Project

R Vaeyens, RM Malina, M Janssens… - British journal of sports …, 2006 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives: To determine the relationships between physical and performance
characteristics and level of skill in youth soccer players aged 12–16 years. Methods …

Anthropometric characteristics of elite male junior rowers

J Bourgois, AL Claessens, J Vrijens… - British journal of sports …, 2000 - bjsm.bmj.com
During the 1997 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron World Junior Rowing
Championships, anthropometric data on 383 male junior rowers were assessed. With 430 …

Anthropometric characteristics of elite female junior rowers

J Bourgois, AL Claessens, M Janssens… - Journal of sports …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
During the 1997 Federation Internationale des Societes d'Aviron (FISA) World Junior
Rowing Championships, the anthropometric characteristics of 245 female junior rowers …

Trends in BMI among Belgian children, adolescents and adults from 1969 to 1996

M Hulens, G Beunen, AL Claessens, J Lefevre… - International journal of …, 2001 - nature.com
OBJECTIVE: To document secular data on changes in the distribution of body mass index
(BMI), to determine the probability of overweight at 40 y of age in Belgian males in relation to …

Metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses in young oarsmen during prolonged exercise tests on a rowing ergometer at power outputs corresponding to two concepts …

J Bourgois, J Vrijens - European journal of applied physiology and …, 1997 - Springer
A group of ten young experienced oarsmen [mean age 17.5 (SD 1.7) years, height 182.5
(SD 5.9) cm, body mass 77.0 (SEM 10.6) kg] exercised in a progressive incremental test …

Validity of the heart rate deflection point as a predictor of lactate threshold concepts during cycling

J Bourgois, P Coorevits, L Danneels… - The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Bourgois, J., P. Coorevits, L. Danneels, E. Witvrouw, D. Cambier, and J. Vrijens.
Validity of the heart rate deflection point as a predictor of lactate threshold concepts during …

The Conconi test: a controversial concept for the determination of the anaerobic threshold in young rowers

J Bourgois, J Vrijens - International Journal of Sports Medicine, 1998 - thieme-connect.com
In 1982, Conconi and co-workers [Ill proposed a noninvasive field test for the indirect
determination of the anaerobic threshold (AT) in runners. This test was based upon an …

Body proportions of elite male junior rowers in relation to competition level, rowing style and boat type

AL Claessens, J Bourgois, K Van Aken… - Kinesiology, 2005 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The performance of elite rowers is, beside others, determined by their physical
characteristics. Anthropometric data for adult rowers emphasise the importance of body …

Age at menarche in relation to anthropometric characteristics, competition level and boat category in elite junior rowers

AL Claessens, J Bourgois, G Beunen… - Annals of human …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Within the context of the effects of training for sports on growth and maturation,
there is very little menarcheal data for elite rowing athletes. Knowledge of the relationship of …