Kinesiology, Vol. 34. No. 2., 2002.
Original scientific paper
Variables which distinguish between talented and less talented participants in youth sport - a comparative study
Emanuel Johannes Spamer
; University of Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Mercia Coetzee
; University of Potchefstroom, Potch
Abstract
The identification of talented youth sportsmen and sportswomen has drawn the attention of many researchers over the past two decades. A need for research on team sports has been highlighted. The aim of this comparative study is firstly to investigate the variables which distinguish between talented and less talented participants in youth sport with reference to four team sports and secondly to identify the prediction functions for each of the four team sports that can be used to identify talented sports-persons. The five studies that were used in this study that has been done over the past six years, are: 11-year-old rugby players (N=218), 16-year-old rugby players (N=84), 16-year-old soccer players (N=37), 15-year-old field hockey-players (N=52) and 12- year-old netball players (N=41). According to the results the prediction functions were developed according to those variables that distinguish best between talented and less talented players
Keywords
talent identification; rugby; soccer; field-hockey; netball
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225485
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Publication date:
18.12.2002.
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