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View article: Pushing your luck: on chance, serendipity, and athlete development
Pushing your luck: on chance, serendipity, and athlete development Open
View article: ‘I feel more comfortable in contact with similar-sized players’: male youth rugby union players’ perceptions of bio-banded training
‘I feel more comfortable in contact with similar-sized players’: male youth rugby union players’ perceptions of bio-banded training Open
The results suggest using bio-banded grouping for training, as an adjunct to chronological age grouping, may positively contribute to the holistic development of male youth players in rugby union irrespective of maturity status.
View article: A-185 Stacking Credentials: Advancing Careers and Highlighting Professional Expertise with ASCP BOC Credentials
A-185 Stacking Credentials: Advancing Careers and Highlighting Professional Expertise with ASCP BOC Credentials Open
Background Laboratory professional credentials attained through the ASCP Board of Certification (ASCP BOC) play a pivotal role in addressing this challenge. By standardizing and enhancing the professional skills of laboratory professionals…
View article: Will artificial intelligence solve the riddle of athlete development? A critical review of how AI is being used for athlete identification, selection, and development
Will artificial intelligence solve the riddle of athlete development? A critical review of how AI is being used for athlete identification, selection, and development Open
AI in the context of athlete development allows for access to more data, more easily, and with greater statistical complexity, than ever before. Importantly, a balanced approach that embraces both innovation and critical evaluation seems n…
View article: Challenges and Solutions to Supporting Physical Literacy within Youth Sport
Challenges and Solutions to Supporting Physical Literacy within Youth Sport Open
View article: Understanding Sport Participation and Athlete Development: The Exposure to Sport Scale
Understanding Sport Participation and Athlete Development: The Exposure to Sport Scale Open
The purpose of this two-part paper was to conceptualize and validate a new method for measuring youth sport exposure. In part one, different disciplines were used to guide the creation of the Exposure to Sport Scale. Using references from …
View article: The Game Plan: A Scoping Review of Implementation Science in Sport Science
The Game Plan: A Scoping Review of Implementation Science in Sport Science Open
Integrating evidence-informed information into everyday practice can present significant challenges. The field of implementation science (IS) emerged to help improve the connection of scientific findings to standard practice and minimize t…
View article: “More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects
“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
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 …
View article: Best of the best: A cohort study of race performance characteristics of eminent endurance cyclists
Best of the best: A cohort study of race performance characteristics of eminent endurance cyclists Open
The characteristics of those who advance the frontiers of human capabilities have fascinated scientists for centuries. Studying those who operate at, and advance, the edges of human performance may hold lessons that could benefit athlete d…
View article: Early specialisation in young gymnasts: a mixed methods study protocol
Early specialisation in young gymnasts: a mixed methods study protocol Open
Over the past few decades, we have seen an increase in the popularity of organised sports among youth, especially gymnastics. Along with this increase in the popularity of organised sports, sports specialisation is also on the rise. Some a…
View article: Evidence-Based Framework for the Development of Young Athletes in a National Sports Context
Evidence-Based Framework for the Development of Young Athletes in a National Sports Context Open
The development of young athletes continues to be a key concern for sports organizations, coaches and policy makers. In Sweden, the public debate on the balance between early talent promotion programs and more inclusive, long-term athlete …
View article: Longitudinal investigations of development in handball and its association with relative age effects
Longitudinal investigations of development in handball and its association with relative age effects Open
In this paper, we describe two studies on the association among long-term developmental outcomes and relative age effects. To extend or compliment the cross-sectional work done previously, these studies take different approaches to investi…
View article: Talent identification and development in judo: A systematic review
Talent identification and development in judo: A systematic review Open
This review synthesizes the existing literature about talent identification and development in judo and provides evidence-based suggestions to help researchers and practitioners in this area. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Re…
View article: Fact‐checking election‐campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior
Fact‐checking election‐campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior Open
Making misleading statements may benefit a politician, for example, during an election campaign. However, there are potentially also negative consequences; political misinformation can taint democratic debate, voters may be misled into for…
View article: ‘Athletes’, ‘Talents’, and ‘Players’: Conceptual Distinctions and Considerations for Researchers and Practitioners
‘Athletes’, ‘Talents’, and ‘Players’: Conceptual Distinctions and Considerations for Researchers and Practitioners Open
View article: Talent inclusion: An imperfect solution to genetic testing in sport - Response to commentaries
Talent inclusion: An imperfect solution to genetic testing in sport - Response to commentaries Open
We are extremely grateful our esteemed colleagues Craig Pickering, Duarte Araújo, Keith Davids, and Kevin Till have read and offered insightful reflections on the target article “Talent inclusion and genetic testing in sport: A practitione…
View article: Perceived Benefits of Curling in Older Canadian Women
Perceived Benefits of Curling in Older Canadian Women Open
Objectives An increasing proportion of older Canadians are pursuing sports. The objective of this study was to examine the experiences of older Canadian women in curling. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 17 participant…
View article: An unexpected shift in constant year effects in female elite handball
An unexpected shift in constant year effects in female elite handball Open
One of the most convincing studies about the importance of the cutoff date in relative age effects was when Helsen et al. (2000) showed that a shift in the date directly resulted in a change of birth month distributions in soccer. Over the…
View article: Early specialization and talent development in figure skating: Elite coaches’ perspectives
Early specialization and talent development in figure skating: Elite coaches’ perspectives Open
Among the many issues explored by sport science researchers, one topic that seems the least controversial is the recommendation against specialization in early sport training. However, there has been little examination of early specializat…
View article: Is There Just One Type of Multisport Pathway? A Scoping Review of Multisport Engagement in Early Athlete Development
Is There Just One Type of Multisport Pathway? A Scoping Review of Multisport Engagement in Early Athlete Development Open
View article: Maturity-Associated Polygenic Profiles of under 12–16-Compared to under 17–23-Year-Old Male English Academy Football Players
Maturity-Associated Polygenic Profiles of under 12–16-Compared to under 17–23-Year-Old Male English Academy Football Players Open
The purpose of this study was to examine polygenic profiles previously associated with maturity timing in male academy football players across different age phases. Thus, 159 male football players from four English academies (U12–16, n = 8…
View article: Talent inclusion and genetic testing in sport: A practitioner’s guide
Talent inclusion and genetic testing in sport: A practitioner’s guide Open
Current scientific evidence does not support the implementation of genetic tests to enhance the processes of talent identification and development systems. Regardless of this consensus, it appears likely that sport stakeholders will contin…
View article: Excellence fulfilled? On the unique developmental needs of professional athletes
Excellence fulfilled? On the unique developmental needs of professional athletes Open
While the term “athlete development” has been used to capture the changes (physical, psychological, etc.) that occur as an athlete moves from initial sport engagement to elite performance, much of the research in this area has focused on e…
View article: Language games and blurry terminology: Can clarity enhance athlete development?
Language games and blurry terminology: Can clarity enhance athlete development? Open
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. Evidence supporting a lack of congruency in the way certain t…
View article: Lifespan models of athlete development: What have we learned from previous attempts?
Lifespan models of athlete development: What have we learned from previous attempts? Open
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 perspective…
View article: On the self-regulation of sport practice: Moving the narrative from theory and assessment toward practice
On the self-regulation of sport practice: Moving the narrative from theory and assessment toward practice Open
This paper reviews theoretical developments specific to applied research around the “psychology of practice” in skill acquisition settings, which we argue is under-considered in applied sport psychology. Centered upon the Self-Regulation o…
View article: Re-examining the relationship between measures of static and dynamic balance among young adults
Re-examining the relationship between measures of static and dynamic balance among young adults Open
Balance is essential to several activities of daily life, from the capacity to stand independently to the execution of complex sport movements. The extent to which balance can be improved has led researchers to consider whether underlying …
View article: Sssh! We’re talking about the Quiet Eye – comment on Vickers
Sssh! We’re talking about the Quiet Eye – comment on Vickers Open
View article: Genetic Variations between Youth and Professional Development Phase English Academy Football Players
Genetic Variations between Youth and Professional Development Phase English Academy Football Players Open
The purpose of this study was to examine differences in the genotype frequency distribution of thirty-three single nucleotide variants (SNVs) between youth development phase (YDP) and professional development phase (PDP) academy football p…
View article: Sources of information used by elite distance running coaches for selection decisions
Sources of information used by elite distance running coaches for selection decisions Open
Talent identification and selection are critical components of competitive sport success. Despite the time, effort, and resources invested, the accuracy of selection decisions remains generally poor. While much of the scholarship in this a…