PD Dr. Claudia Zuber

Charbonnet, B., Sieghartsleitner, R. G., Schmid, J., Zuber, C., Zibung, M. R., & Conzelmann, A. (2022). Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros? Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 21(4), 640-657

Conzelmann, A., Zibung, M., & Zuber, C. (2018). Talente finden und fördern. In A. Ritz & N. Thom (Hrsg.), Talent management (S. 87–106). Springer.

Fuchslocher, J., Romann, M., Birrer, D., Baer, C., Müller, L., Pürro, D., …& Heyer, L. (2016). Manual Talentidentifikation und -selektion. Bundesamt für Sport; Swiss Olympic.

Koch, P., Zuber, C., Schmid, J., Conzelmann, A., Medl, M. & Charbonnet, B. (2025). The “good” environment in talent development: A person-oriented prospective study of the parent–coach system. Journal of Sports Sciences. DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2025.2591524

Lenze, L., Zibung, M., Zuber, C., Stegmann, P., & Conzelmann, A. (2023). International performance level in adult ice hockey: The role of the talent environment in youth. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1–12.

Schmid, M. J., Charbonnet, B., Conzelmann, A., & Zuber, C. (2021). More success with the optimal motivational pattern? A prospective longitudinal study of young athletes in individual sports. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 606272. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606272

Schmid, M. J., Conzelmann, A., & Zuber, C. (2021). Patterns of achievement-motivated behavior and performance as predictors for future success in rowing: A person-oriented study. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(1), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954120953658

Schmid, M. J., Schmid, J., & Zuber, C. (2021). The role of motivation in talent selection and development in competitive sport. Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland, 69(2), 17–21. https://doi.org/10.34045/SEMS/2021/16

Sieghartsleitner, R., Zuber, C., Zibung, M., & Conzelmann, A. (2019). Science or Coaches’ Eye? – Both! Beneficial Collaboration of Multidimensional Measurements and Coach Assessments for Efficient Talent Selection in Elite Youth Football. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 18(1), 32–43.

Sieghartsleitner, R., Zuber, C., Zibung, M., & Conzelmann, A. (2018). “The early specialised bird catches the worm!" - A Specialised Sampling Model in the development of football talents. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00188

Sieghartsleitner, R., Zuber, C., Zibung, M., Charbonnet, B. & Conzelmann, C. (2019). Talent selection in youth football: Technical skills rather than general motor performance predict future player status of football talents. Current Issues in Sport Science, 4:011. https://doi.org/10.15203/CISS_2019.011

Stegmann, P., Sieghartsleitner, R., Zuber, C., Zibung, M., Lenze, L., & Conzelmann, A. (2021). Successful talent development in popular game sports in Switzerland: The case of ice hockey. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(3), 710-721.

Zibung, M., Zuber, C. & Conzelmann, A. (2026, in Druck). Talentselektion und -förderung. In C. Niessner, K. Bös, Charbonnet, B. & A. Conzelmann (Hrsg.), Handbuch Motorische Entwicklung (3., vollst. überarb. Aufl.). Hofmann.

Zibung, M., Zuber, C., & Conzelmann, A. (2016). The motor subsystem as a predictor of success in young football talents: A person-oriented study. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0161049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161049

Zuber, C. & Conzelmann, A. (2014). The impact of the achievement motive on athletic performance in adolescent football players. European Journal of Sport Science, 14 (5), 475–483.

Zuber, C. & Conzelmann, A. (2018). Leistungsmotiviertes Verhalten in Individualsportarten – LEMOVIS-I. Testmanual. Bern Open Publishing.

Zuber, C. & Conzelmann, A. (2018). Leistungsmotiviertes Verhalten in Mannschaftssportarten – LEMOVIS-T. Testmanual. Bern Open Publishing.

Zuber, C. & Conzelmann, A. (2019a). Achievement-motivated behavior in individual sports (AMBIS-I) - coach rating scale: Development and preliminary validation. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 22(5), 395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-019-00600-6

Zuber, C. & Conzelmann, A. (2019b). Motivational patterns as an instrument for predicting performance not only in football? A replication study with young talented ice hockey players. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2357. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02357

Zuber, C. (2020). Der Traum von der Nationalmannschaft. Psychologische Talentdiagnostik im Fussball. Psychoscope, 2, 26-28.

Zuber, C. (2022). Construction and validation of the German coach-rating scale to assess achievement-motivated behavior in team sports (AMBIS-T). International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 174795412211224.

Zuber, C., & Charbonnet, B. (2023). Self-report or coach-rating? The predictive validity of different approaches to assess athletes' achievement motivation in team and individual sports. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1–9.

Zuber, C., Schmid, J., Schmidt, M, Wegner, M. & Conzelmann, A. (Hrsg.). (2017). Gelingende Entwicklung im Lebenslauf. Abstractband der 49. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp) vom 25. bis 27. Mai 2017 in Bern. Bern Open Publishing. DOI: 10.7892/boris.99636

Zuber, C., Schmid, M. J., & Conzelmann, A. (2020). Achievement-Motivated Behavior in Individual Sports: Evidence for the Construct and Criterion Validity of the AMBIS-I Coach-Rating Scale. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 19(1), 10–19.

Zuber, C., Sieghartsleitner, R., Zibung, M., & Conzelmann, A. (2022). “Who made it to the Pros?” A 5-Year Longitudinal Study on the Role of Achievement Motivation in Football. International Journal of Sport Psychology. 53, 75–82.

Zuber, C., Zibung, M. & Conzelmann, A. (2015). Motivational patterns as an instrument for predicting success in promising young football players. Journal of Sports Sciences, 33 (2), 160-168.

Zuber, C., Zibung, M. & Conzelmann, A. (2016). Holistic patterns as an instrument for predicting the performance of promising young soccer players – a 3-year longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1088.

• 2016-2018 Projektleiterin im Forschungsprojekt «Konstruktion und Validierung eines Fragebogens zur beobachtungsbasierten Erfassung von leistungsmotiviertem Verhalten im Sport – LEMOVIS» am Institut für Sportwissenschaft der Universität Bern
• 2010-2018 Projektmitarbeiterin und später Projektleiterin im Längsschnittsprojekt «Talentselektion und Talentförderung im Schweizer Fussball – eine prospektive Längsschnittstudie an jugendlichen Auswahlspielern» am Institut für Sportwissenschaft der Universität Bern