Talent Identification and Development in Sport

International Perspectives
Herausgeber: Baker, Joseph; Schorer, Jörg; Cobley, Stephen

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Produktbeschreibung

With an emphasis on practical implications for those working in sport, Talent Identification and Development in Sport: International Perspectives 2e offers an authoritative evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary systems for identifying and developing talent in sport.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780367469290
• ISBN-10: 0367469294
• Artikelnr.: 69984236

Autorenporträt

Joseph Baker is with the Lifespan Performance Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada. His research focuses on talent identification, skill acquisition, and understanding the perceptual-cognitive factors underpinning sport expertise. He works with elite teams and organisations around the world to optimise athlete performance and development. Stephen Cobley (PhD, CPsychol) is an Associate Professor within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests examine the developmental factors that facilitate or inhibit health and performance from a multi-disciplinary perspective. His research and applied work have led to the evaluation, modification, and writing of athlete development programs and policy for numerous sport organisations. Jörg Schorer is a Professor of Sport and Movement Science at the Institute of Sport Science at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany. His research interests are not only within the field of talent identification and development, but also in expertise in sport, perceptual motor skills, and sport psychology

Inhaltsangabe

1. Talent Identification and Development in Sport: An Introduction to a
Field of Expanding Research and Practice
2. Talent Development in Sport: Moving beyond Nature and Nurture
3. The Talent Development Process as Enhancing Athlete Functionality:
Creating Forms of Life in an Ecological Niche
4.Talent Selection: Making Decisions and Prognoses about Athletes
5. One Day at a Time: Steps to Optimizing the Daily Training Environment
for Talent Development
6. The Shifting Sands of Time: Maturation and Athlete Development
7. Athlete Development in Norwegian Handball
8. Finding Talent and Establishing the Road to Excellence in Table Tennis -
The Dutch Case
9. The Role of Skill Acquisition Specialists in Talent Development
10. Rough Draft: The Accuracy of Athlete Selection in North American
Professional Sports
11. High Speed on the Ice: Talent Development in Dutch Long Track Speed
Skating
12. 'Wide and emergent - narrow and focussed': A Dual-pathway Approach to
Talent Identification and Development in England Rugby Union
13. How Similarities and Differences between Sports Lead to Talent
Transfer: A Process Approach
14. More Lessons Learned: Future Research in Talent Identification and
Development