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Sustainable Financing of Elite Athlete Development: An Empirical Analysis of Winter Sports in Austria

open access: yesSustainability, 2020
This study examines the value of professional winter sports to the Austrian resident population in the context of three major sporting events (the 2017 World Championships in Alpine Skiing, the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2019 World Championships in ...
Pamela Wicker, B. Frick
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring the Multidimensional Characteristics of Selected and Non-Selected White British and British South Asian Youth Cricketers: An Exploratory Machine Learning Approach

open access: yesYouth
Selection into a County Age Group (CAG; under 10–18) programme is the first step for young aspiring cricketers on their journey to achieving professional status.
Tom Brown   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relative age effects in track-and-field: Identification and performance rebalancing

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2023
Introduction: Relative Age Effect (RAE) consists of a biased distribution of the dates of birth in a same-age group.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate Relative Age Effect among French athletes in different track-and-field events, and propose a ...
Audrey Difernand   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Competitive Match Running Speed Demands and Impact of Changing the Head Coach in Non-League Professional Football

open access: yesSensors
Match running speed demands vary across competitive levels of football, influenced by player position, tactical considerations, and Head Coach changes. In England, the level directly below professional football, Non-League Football (NLF), comprises full ...
Daniel T. Jackson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Talent Management Processes as Predictors of Long-Term Athlete Development in Sports Organizations in Burundi [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Sport Science, 2023
Background. Managing talent involves all the key elements of human resource management. It is evident to overemphasize the role played by sports administrators, coaches, and trainers in an effective long-term development program of athletes in sports ...
François Hatungimana   +1 more
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To Sample or to Specialise? Sport Participation Patterns of Youth Team Sport Male Players

open access: yesChildren, 2023
This study characterised the sport participation patterns of 546 male youth team sport players. A retrospective questionnaire was used to identify the sport starting age (general sports and main sport) and the quantity and type of sports undertaken ...
Patrícia Coutinho   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Power, discourse, and practice: exploring athlete development as an educational discursive practice in a Norwegian lower secondary sports school

open access: yesSport, Education and Society
Norwegian lower secondary sports schools offer athlete development programmes that have a dual focus, both on the sports development and the education of student-athletes.
Marie Loka Øydna   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relative Age Effect is Modulated by Playing Position but is Not Related to Competitive Success in Elite Under-19 Handball Athletes

open access: yesSports, 2019
This study aimed to verify the occurrence of the relative age effect (RAE) in male elite young handball athletes according to the playing position and its association with team performance in a World Championship.
Fabiano S. Fonseca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of physiological testing for athlete development in sport: The elite athlete perspective

open access: yesInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport
One common practice in talent development environments during the investment years (age 16+) and elite sport, in general, is the use of physiological testing of the athletes’ physical determinants of performance.
Tor Söderström   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
Relative age effects (RAEs) are common across many youth sports that use age group structures to band athletes. This creates a significant overrepresentation of those who are born near the start of the selection cut-off date across talent pathways ...
Adam L. Kelly   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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