Shusei SUGI

Sports Scientist 🇯🇵 | Football Coach ⚽️
Momoyama Gakuin Univ. Osaka.
Researching #MotorCoordination & #TalentDevelopment.
Bridging research and practice.❤️‍🔥

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Starting a new chapter on X. 🇯🇵

I’m here to exchange ideas, discuss questions, and learn from researchers and practitioners around the world.

Looking forward to connecting and learning together. ⚽🌍

#ScienceMeetsPractice

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When observing children’s movements, should we focus only on the outcome, or also on how they adapt their movements to changing situations?

The process may reveal important aspects of motor development.

#MotorDevelopment #motorcoordination

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Research and football practice have much to learn from each other.

Discussions with researchers and football professionals in Italy reminded me of the importance of connecting scientific perspectives with real-world challenges.🇮🇹👋

#ScienceMeetsPractice

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A very insightful discussion with Marco Beato in Italy! 🇮🇹⚽

It was a great opportunity to exchange ideas with a leading sports scientist with deep expertise in football.

I truly appreciated his time and perspectives. Looking forward to staying connected!

GRAZIE！@MarcoBeato1

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MILANO🇮🇹🐍

The sightseeing in Italy during this trip was also very fulfilling👏

#Milano

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My #NSCAGlobalConference2026 poster presentation.
“Developmental Changes in Adaptive Running Coordination in Preschools Children“

@NSCA

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Como BELLAGIO🚤

Wonderful scenery👏

#como #bellagio

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A great discussion with @HellasVeronaFC ⚽

Their scouting system uses shared, well-defined observation criteria to support both talent identification and player development.

Talent identification and LTD should go hand in hand.

#TalentDevelopment #YouthFootball

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My work explores developmental changes in adaptive running coordination in preschool children.

How adaptive running coordination develops in preschool children, and how children adapt their movements under perceptual and cognitive demands.

@NSCA
#NSCAGlobalConference

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I had the opportunity to present my research at the NSCA Global Conference 2026 in Verona!🇮🇹

It was a valuable opportunity to share ideas and connect with researchers from around the world.👍

@NSCA
#NSCAGlobalConference

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Of course, I’ll do some sightseeing, too. Venice is wonderful!🇮🇹🚤

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Football is a universal language. ⚽🌍

I’ve arrived in Italy🇮🇹and had the opportunity to exchange ideas with people from Hellas Verona FC.

A great start to learning from different perspectives and connecting research with practice.

#YouthFootball #ScienceMeetsPractice

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Small-sided games offer young football players opportunities to explore different movement solutions.

But how does children’s coordination develop, and how can we design environments that support it?

#SmallSidedGame #motorcoordination

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I recently had the opportunity to help organize small-sided games through the Osaka Football Association.⚽

How we design the game matters. Changes in rules, space, or player numbers can create different challenges and opportunities for young players to explore.

#SmallSidedGame

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Small-sided games offer more than opportunities to practice football skills.

By changing the rules, space, or number of players, we can create different movement challenges and encourage young players to explore different solutions.

How do you design your SSGs?

#SmallSidedGame

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How can we design training environments that challenge young football players to coordinate their movements in different ways?

Perhaps the task is not just to repeat skills, but to explore different solutions.

#YouthFootball #LongTermDevelopment

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Young football players develop at different rates.

How can coaches account for individual differences in growth, maturation, and experience when supporting long-term development?🏃‍♂️‍➡️📈

#YouthFootball
#LongTermDevelopment

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In youth football, how do we balance winning today with developing players for tomorrow?

A key challenge in long-term player development. ⚽

#youthfootball
#LongTermDevelopment

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Youth football development is about more than improving performance today.

How can we create environments that support players’ long-term development? ⚽

#youthfootball

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⚽️🐐👏

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Gracias, Leo. 👏🇦🇷

#FIFAWorldCup

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A good coordination game doesn’t always need complicated equipment.

Sometimes, a simple change in the rules can create new movement challenges. 🤸⚽

#motorcoordination