title: Questionable use of performance testing to predict success in soccer players: comment on Ljach, et al. (2012).
abstract: This commentary addresses a prior article by Ljach, et al. (2012) on the topic of talent identification and development in soccer. Despite the potential usefulness of their findings to organize training processes, the predictability of performance testing in talent identification for soccer remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Physical Activity Sciences - School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities University of São Paulo, Brazil. alehnre@usp.br
authors.forename: Alessandro H Nicolai
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ré
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cattuzzo
authors.forename: Carlos Bandeira de Mello
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012916:Soccer / Q000502:physiology*