Youth Athlete Development and Nutrition. [PDF]
Sports Med, 2021 Adolescence (ages 13–18 years) is a period of significant growth and physical development that includes changes in body composition, metabolic and hormonal fluctuations, maturation of organ systems, and establishment of nutrient deposits, which all may ...
Desbrow B.
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Language games and blurry terminology: Can clarity enhance athlete development? [PDF]
Front Sports Act Living, 2023 This perspective focuses on the need for researchers and practitioners to carefully consider the clarity and consistency of their language in the context of athlete development.
Johnston K +3 more
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Lifespan models of athlete development: What have we learned from previous attempts? [PDF]
Front Sports Act Living, 2023 Sport has a unique place in many cultures, emphasizing the links between physical elements of movement with psychological and social outcomes. Sport participation continues to attract the interest of researchers from a range of perspectives, yet there ...
Baker J, Gayman A, Johnston K.
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Is There Just One Type of Multisport Pathway? A Scoping Review of Multisport Engagement in Early Athlete Development. [PDF]
Sports Med Open, 2023 Multisport engagement is positioned as the antithesis to specialization within youth development pathways. However, different terms are used to describe the multisport pathway, which may create confusion regarding what the pathway should look like.
Ramsay G, Mosher A, Baker J.
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The Impacts of Sports Schools on Holistic Athlete Development: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review. [PDF]
Sports Med, 2022 To understand the multiple and wide-ranging impacts of intensified youth sport, the need for a holistic approach to athlete development has recently been advocated. Sports schools are an increasingly popular operationalisation of intensified youth sport,
Thompson F, Rongen F, Cowburn I, Till K.
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Youth Athlete Development Models: A Narrative Review. [PDF]
Sports Health, 2022 Context: Physical activity has shown to be beneficial for the overall physical and mental health of youth. There has been an increasing focus on youth sports moving from a recreational activity to becoming a launching pad for participation at elite ...
Varghese M, Ruparell S, LaBella C.
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A Proposed Conceptual Sport Nutrition Approach for Athlete Development and Assessment: The Athlete Nutrition Development Approach. [PDF]
Sports Med Open, 2022 Appropriate dietary intake can improve athletes’ health and sport performance and is a direct result of eating behaviours. Therefore, assessing and shaping athletes’ eating behaviours and dietary intake is critical to the provision of sport nutrition ...
Iwasa-Madge K, Sesbreno E.
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Football, Culture, Skill Development and Sport Coaching: Extending Ecological Approaches in Athlete Development Using the Skilled Intentionality Framework. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2021 In this manuscript, we extend ecological approaches and suggest ideas for enhancing athlete development by utilizing the Skilled Intentionality Framework.
Vaughan J +4 more
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Long-term athlete development in schools: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. [PDF]
Front Sports Act LivingIntroduction Evidence systematically assessing the effects of sports schools on long-term athlete development is largely lacking. In general, sport schools play an increasingly important role in the development of new Olympic and top athletes ...
Söker N +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The purpose of this study is to explore the causal relationship among athlete gratitude, athlete engagement, athlete burnout by cross-lag analysis of longitudinal associations.
Yatao Xu, Zhengmao Guo
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