Dr Kathleen Paulsen is a women’s collegiate soccer coach and assistant professor of Kinesiology at John Brown University. She holds a PhD from the University of Arkansas in Health, Sport, and Exercise Science. Her research focuses on women soccer players, the use of technology in sports, and the creation of useful tools for talent identification in soccer.
A new test - known as 30-15 IFT - in the talent identification process may save time and money and better measure the demands of real soccer performance.