Waste Reduction Strategies: Factors Affecting Talent Wastage and the Efficacy of Talent Selection in Sport [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Coaches are faced with the difficult task of identifying and selecting athletes to their team. Despite its widespread practice in sport, there is still much to learn about improving the identification and selection process.
Kathryn Johnston, Joseph Baker
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From Junior to Elite in Soccer: Exploring the Relative Age Effect and Talent Selection in Spanish Youth National Teams [PDF]
Children, 2022 The implications of relative age grouping in sport are known as the Relative Age Effect (RAE). This study has the twofold purpose of analyzing RAE in Spanish youth national soccer teams and examining the prediction value of being selected for national ...
Javier García-Rubio +4 more
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Talent selection in 3 × 3 basketball: role of anthropometrics, maturation, and motor performance [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroduction3 × 3 basketball is becoming more and more professionalized, which is leading to a growing interest in talent development and talent selection.
Tim Luca Schmitz +2 more
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An exploratory study to investigate the effects of motor performance and maturation on talent selection in handball [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyTalent selection, as an important component of talent development, is often examined in the literature using a variable- or person-centered approach in order to better understand which criteria are used in the selection decision.
Leon Brüning +3 more
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The role of motivation in talent selection in sports: insights from a comparison with personnel selection in business [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingTalent identification and selection in sports pose significant challenges, necessitating a nuanced understanding of factors influencing athletes’ elite-level potential.
Birte Brinkmöller +4 more
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“It was clear from his childhood that he was destined to be a top striker”: investigating the construction of football talent narratives in the Italian sporting press [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionIn this study, we adopted an interpretivist perspective to explore the construction of football talent narratives in the Italian sporting press.
Gabriele Morganti +10 more
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The Role of Training Age and Sport Specialization in Achieved Selection Tier in Adolescent Handball Talents [PDF]
Sports Medicine - OpenBackground The debate over whether beginning a sport early and specializing in it promotes athletic success in adulthood has been the subject of academic discussion for decades. Current evidence suggests the opposite.
Lutz Thieschäfer +3 more
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Investigating the coach's eye when evaluating and selecting 3 × 3 basketball players [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyAlthough recent studies recommend making multidimensional selection decisions based on subjective and objective data, in practical settings coaches often decide subjectively.
Nora Cermak +4 more
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HeliyonAlthough there are numerous studies on talent, especially talent identification, development, and selection, both on influencing factors and model construction or talent prediction, they have relatively independently explored some of its stages ...
Jie Zhao +5 more
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Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise PsychologyWhen making talent-selection decisions in sport, coaches, scouts, program directors, and policymakers typically adopt two approaches: The subjective approach, also known as the coach's eye, where these professionals select or de-select athletes based on ...
Michael Bar-Eli +3 more
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