| Abbott et
al. (2019) |
Chronological
age |
None |
Early developers:
↑
RPE |
Early developers:
↑
Short pass, ↓ Dribbles
On-time developers:
↑
Short pass, ↑ Dribbles
↓ Long pass,
Late developers:
↑
Tackles, ↓ Long pass |
None |
| Arede et
al. (2024) |
Chronological
age |
↓
Distance covered
↓ Decelerations
↓ Average speed
↓
Body impacts
↓ Peak heart rate |
None |
None |
None |
| Lüdin
et al. (2022) |
Chronological
age |
U13 MO
Low:
↓ High Accelerations
U13 MO High:
↑
High accelerations
U14 MO Low:
↓ High accelerations |
None |
U13 MO
Low:
↑ Conquered balls
U13 MO High:
↓
Conquered balls
U14 MO Low:
↑ Conquered balls,
↑
Attacked balls |
None |
| Romann et
al. (2020) |
Chronological
age |
↓
Jogging distance,
↓ Running distance
↓ High
speed running |
None |
↑
Duels
↑ Unsuccessful passes |
↑
Set Pieces
↓ Mean
possession time |
| Towlson et
al. (2021a) |
Mixed-maturity |
None |
None |
No consistent
differences |
Early developers:
↓
Degree centrality |
| Towlson et
al. (2021b) |
Mixed-maturity |
No consistent
differences |
Pre-PHV
vs Post-PHV:
↑ Positive attitude, ↑ Confidence
↑
Competitiveness
↑ Total psychological score
↑
sRPE-TL |
None |
None |
| Towlson et
al. (2022) |
Mixed-maturity |
None |
None |
No consistent
differences |
No consistent
differences |
| Salter et
al. (2023) |
Chronological
age |
Attenuated
pre-post changes:
↓ Absolute stiffness
↓ Stride
length, ↓ Cadence |
Post-PHV:
↓
RPE-T |
None |
None |
| Salter et
al. (2025) |
Chronological
age |
Post-PHV:
↑
High-intensity distance |
None |
↓
One-touch actions
Post-PHV:
↓ Total touches,
↓
Total possessions |
↑
Time per
possession |
| Robinson
et al. (2025) |
Chronological
age |
None |
↑
Competitiveness, ↑ Confidence
↑ Decision making
↑
Composure, ↑ X-factor |
None |
None |
| de Macedo
et al. (2025) |
Chronological
age |
Pre-PHV:
↑
ETL
PHV:
↓ ETL |
↔
ITL |
None |
None |
| Barrett et
al. (2022) |
Mixed-maturity |
None |
↓dRPE |
None |
None |