Kinesiology, Vol. 28 No. 1, 1996.
Original scientific paper
A scientific approach towards the identifying of rugby talent among ten and eleven year old boys
A. E. Pienaar
; Department of Human Movement Science, Potchefstroom University of Christian Higher Education, Potchefstroom, South Africa
E. J. Spamer
; Department of Physical Education, Potchefstroom College of Education, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Abstract
It has become apparent, since the dismantling of apartheid, that there is an urgent need especially among hitherto deprived groups of people, to develop talent in sport. The process of development and training of the young should be scientifically grounded. Departments of Physical Education can and should play an active role to ensure that such scientific individual development of Sporting talent takes place and is monitored regularly. A group of 173, ten and eleven year-old boys from a cross-section of the population was subjected to a battery of tests. The group consisted of youngsters who had never played rugby on the one hand (n = 110) and boys who played rugby (n = 63). The AAPHERD “Football Skills Test” was used together with relevant standardized motor-ability tests. The results of the tests were a) descriptively analyzed (x, sd) and b) analyzed by means of analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine significance differences (P<0,05). Group differences were determined by means of the Newman-Keuls-posthoc test. Results were compared to existing norm scales to substantiate strengths and weaknesses. It emerged that the deprived population groups have certain weaknesses to be addressed during talent development clinics. It also emerged, however, that these groups have the some potential as their more developed counterparts, given the same opportunities. Development programmes should be devised by experts to develop rugby talent and to monitor results. It is essential that research and organized rugby should co-operate to ensure professional development.
Keywords
talent identification, rugby, ten-year old and eleven year old boys
Hrčak ID:
255672
URI
Publication date:
12.4.1996.
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