Tanner-Whitehouse Skeletal Ages in Male Youth Soccer Players: TW2 or TW3?
Robert M MalinaManuel J Coelho-E-SilvaAntónio J FigueiredoRenaat M PhilippaertsNorikazu HiroseMaria Eugenia Peña ReyesGiulio GilliAndrea BensoRoel VaeyensDieter DeprezLuiz G A GuglielmoRojapon BuranarugsaPublished in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2018)
TW3 SAs were systematically lower than corresponding TW2 SAs in male youth soccer players. The differences between scales have major implications for the classification of players by maturity status, which is central to some talent development programs.