2024

Sweeney, Liam, Sinkunas, Lukas and Lundberg, Tommy (2024) Physical and perceptual demands of youth international team match-play in traditional and aged-matched future teams for biologically late maturing soccer players. Annals of Human Biology, 51 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0301-4460

Sweeney, Liam, Lundberg, Tommy, Sweeney, Cian, Hickey, Jack and MacNamara, Áine (2024) Biological maturity but not relative age biases exist in female international youth soccer players relative to the general population. Biology of Sport, 42 (2). pp. 249-256. ISSN 0860-021X

Sweeney, Liam, de la Rub, Alfonso, Taylor, Jamie and Thue Bjørndal, Christian (2024) Looking beyond relative age to understand relative advantage and disadvantage in talent development. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6 (147094). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2624-9367

Sweeney, Liam, MacNamara, Áine, Taylor, Jamie and Lundberg, Tommy (2024) Selection of reference data significantly influences biological maturity timing classification in national youth soccer players. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1747-9541

Sweeney, Liam and Lundberg, Tommy (2024) Relative age and biological maturity-related selection biases in male youth soccer across different competitive levels within a national association. Science & Medicine In Football. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2473-3938

O'Driscoll, Michael, Mooney, Tommy and Sweeney, Liam (2024) The Relationship Between Maximum Lower Limb Strength & Power, and GPS Acceleration Speed in Elite U20 Gaelic Football Athletes. International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, 4 (1). ISSN 2634-2235

Sweeney, Liam, MacNamara, Áine and Taylor, Jamie (2024) Riding the wave: a prospective exploration of the temporal impact of perceived challenges on the development of relatively early high performing national-level youth soccer players. European Journal for Sport and Society. pp. 1-21. ISSN 1613-8171

2023

Sweeney, Liam, MacNamara, Áine and Taylor, Jamie (2023) International selection and competition in youth sport: pin the tail on the donkey or targeted intervention? Frontiers In Sports And Active Living, 5 (129890). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2624-9367

Sweeney, Liam, Taylor, Jamie and MacNamara, Áine (2023) Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems. Children, 10 (1). p. 130. ISSN 2227-9067

Sweeney, Liam, Cummin, Sean, MacNamara, Áine and Horan, Dan (2023) The selection advantages associated with advanced biological maturation vary according to playing position in national-level youth soccer. Biology of Sport, 40 (3). pp. 715-722. ISSN 0860-021X

Sweeney, Liam, Cumming, Sean P, MacNamara, Áine and Horan, Dan (2023) 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. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 18 (6). pp. 1992-2003. ISSN 1747-9541

2022

Sweeney, Liam, MacNamara, Áine and Horan, Dan (2022) The Irish Football Player Pathway: Examining Stakeholder Coherence Throughout and Across the Player Development System. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2624-9367

2021

Sweeney, Liam, Horan, Dan and MacNamara, Áine (2021) Premature Professionalisation or Early Engagement? Examining Practise in Football Player Pathways. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2624-9367