Talent Identification and Selection in Sports
Talent identification
Mped 2
nd
sem
Dr. rajeshwari
Talent identification
Talent ID is about understanding the athletes,
understanding their real potential, understanding
their
total
potential – the physical, mental, emotional,
spiritual, technical, tactical and cultural aspects of who
they are as a human being and as an athlete and
systematically developing that potential over time
through quality coaching
.
Talent identification also takes a long term approach to
player selection and development, and focuses on
training large numbers of players, instead of cutting all
but the elite ones. It recognizes that many factors affect
whether a kid will make it or not, but rarely are
childhood results the main factor.
•
Talent identification
is the process of
recognizing current players that have the
potential to excel within football (Vaeyens,
Lenoir, Williams, & Philippaerts, 2008),
while
talent selection
is the acceptance of
individuals into representative teams and
development programs. Talent identification
involves an attempt to predict the future
capacity of performance of an individual
(Abbott & Collins, 2002)
Talent Selection
•
Talent selection can be seen as the short term solution,
as coaches are focused on the current ability of the team
players. They then pick these players to train which will
help them to win games. However, this can have
consequences, as coaches can lose interest in less able
players, lessening their time of play in favor of more
successful players.
•
However, talent identification is the act of searching for
players who may not be the best in the current time, but
have the potential to eventually become one. These
players may have the motivation to learn and the drive
to reach their potential. This in time will benefit the
team and make it more successful in the long term.
•
As noted earlier, there are various aspects of performance and
player characteristics that can be assessed in order to make
selection determinations. An issue here is that players are not
excluded on the basis of a ‘weakness’ in one area, especially if
isolated testing is used (e.g. speed, skill tests, height or body
type etc). Some of these weaknesses may be balanced out
through maturation or training, and some players can
compensate for a weakness through modifying the way they
play (Abbott & Collins, 2004). The risk here again is that we
exclude players who may actually have the potential to develop
much further, despite their current perceived weaknesses.
•
Different components are necessary for success at different ages
(Vaeyens, et al., 2006). The implications of this is that in
identifying potential, selectors need to be able to look beyond
the immediate success and characteristics, and look at the
aspects which are have better predictive power. Due to the effect
of maturation, physical and physiological components are not
recommended as selection criteria (Williams & Reilly, 2000).
Rather, players should be selected based on skills and ability.
•
Ability can include a number of characteristics. Psycho-
behavioural characteristics are believed to be more important
than physical and skill components (Abbott & Collins, 2002).
These characteristics are required for optimizing the
development opportunities that they are afforded, by
adopting an appropriate focus within and between training
and competition. Therefore, a player’s attitude will be of
greater benefit to them, especially over the course of a
development programmed, in order to reach their potential
than the physical and skill attributes at a young age (when
first being identified).
•
An important implication of this is that players’ attitudes and
psycho-behavioural characteristics are difficult to detect in a
trial situation, and so these characteristics should be
monitored from within the development programmed. These
characteristics can then be used for selection purposes when
the players reach higher age groups, as they will have been
within the program for more than one season, allowing
assessments regarding their attitude to be made.
Principles of Indentifying Talent
Some specific principles to identify talent in a group of children are as
follows:
1.
Physical Activity Stimulates Growth: Children need a variety of
general movement experiences that helps in physical activity which
stimulates growth.
2.
A Wide Variety of Movements Makes them MASTER: Children with
a wide variety of movement patterns in early life will most likely be
able to efficiently master complex movement patterns in sport in
their later years.
3.
Growth Affects Athletic Performance: Structural and functional
growth is factors which effect athletic performance.
4.
Exposure is Essential for Growth: The intensity, length and
frequency of exposure to an activity are essential components of
growth in that activity. 5. Right Attitude: Usually, experienced
coaches have developed their own subject criteria to “eyeball” talent
or potential skills, i.e., one athlete seems more coordinated than
others, appears faster or stronger than others, and seems to have the
“right” attitude.
•
Physical characteristics such as size, strength,
maturation level
•
Physiological such as speed, agility and fitness
•
Technical skills such as dribbling, passing, control
and shooting, along with defensive skills
•
Cognitive such as game understanding and
perception
•
Psycho-behavioural such as attitude, desire and
effort.
Thanks
Talent identification in sports involves recognizing and developing the total potential of athletes in various aspects, aiming for long-term growth rather than focusing solely on immediate performance. It focuses on understanding real potential and systematically developing it over time through quality coaching. Talent selection, on the other hand, is a short-term solution that involves picking players based on current ability for immediate success. Balancing both aspects is crucial to ensure a team's long-term success while giving opportunities to players with hidden potential. Careful assessment of performance and player characteristics is essential, without excluding potential based on isolated weaknesses. Effective talent identification requires looking beyond immediate success and characteristics to identify players with the capacity to develop further. The selection criteria should prioritize skills and abilities over physical attributes.
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Talent identification Mped 2ndsem Dr. rajeshwari
Talent identification Talent understanding their total potential the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, technical, tactical and cultural aspects of who they are as a human being and as an athlete and systematically developing that potential over time through quality coaching. Talent identification also takes a long term approach to player selection and development, and focuses on training large numbers of players, instead of cutting all but the elite ones. It recognizes that many factors affect whether a kid will make it or not, but rarely are childhood results the main factor. ID is about their understanding real potential, the understanding athletes,
is the process of Talent recognizing current players that have the potential to excel within football (Vaeyens, Lenoir, Williams, & while talent selection is the acceptance of individuals into representative teams and development programs. Talent identification involves an attempt to predict the future capacity of performance of an individual (Abbott & Collins, 2002) identification Philippaerts, 2008),
Talent Selection Talent selection can be seen as the short term solution, as coaches are focused on the current ability of the team players. They then pick these players to train which will help them to win games. However, this can have consequences, as coaches can lose interest in less able players, lessening their time of play in favor of more successful players. However, talent identification is the act of searching for players who may not be the best in the current time, but have the potential to eventually become one. These players may have the motivation to learn and the drive to reach their potential. This in time will benefit the team and make it more successful in the long term.
As noted earlier, there are various aspects of performance and player characteristics that can be assessed in order to make selection determinations. An issue here is that players are not excluded on the basis of a weakness in one area, especially if isolated testing is used (e.g. speed, skill tests, height or body type etc). Some of these weaknesses may be balanced out through maturation or training, compensate for a weakness through modifying the way they play (Abbott & Collins, 2004). The risk here again is that we exclude players who may actually have the potential to develop much further, despite their current perceived weaknesses. Different components are necessary for success at different ages (Vaeyens, et al., 2006). The implications of this is that in identifying potential, selectors need to be able to look beyond the immediate success and characteristics, and look at the aspects which are have better predictive power. Due to the effect of maturation, physical and physiological components are not recommended as selection criteria (Williams & Reilly, 2000). Rather, players should be selected based on skills and ability. and some players can
Ability can include a number of characteristics. Psycho- behavioural characteristics are believed to be more important than physical and skill components (Abbott & Collins, 2002). These characteristics are development opportunities that they are afforded, by adopting an appropriate focus within and between training and competition. Therefore, a player s attitude will be of greater benefit to them, especially over the course of a development programmed, in order to reach their potential than the physical and skill attributes at a young age (when first being identified). An important implication of this is that players attitudes and psycho-behavioural characteristics are difficult to detect in a trial situation, and so these characteristics should be monitored from within the development programmed. These characteristics can then be used for selection purposes when the players reach higher age groups, as they will have been within the program for more than one season, allowing assessments regarding their attitude to be made. required for optimizing the
Principles of Indentifying Talent Some specific principles to identify talent in a group of children are as follows: 1. Physical Activity Stimulates Growth: Children need a variety of general movement experiences that helps in physical activity which stimulates growth. 2. AWide Variety of Movements Makes them MASTER: Children with a wide variety of movement patterns in early life will most likely be able to efficiently master complex movement patterns in sport in their later years. 3. Growth Affects Athletic Performance: Structural and functional growth is factors which effect athletic performance. 4. Exposure is Essential for Growth: The intensity, length and frequency of exposure to an activity are essential components of growth in that activity. 5. Right Attitude: Usually, experienced coaches have developed their own subject criteria to eyeball talent or potential skills, i.e., one athlete seems more coordinated than others, appears faster or stronger than others, and seems to have the right attitude.
Physical characteristics such as size, strength, maturation level Physiological such as speed, agility and fitness Technical skills such as dribbling, passing, control and shooting, along with defensive skills Cognitive such as game understanding and perception Psycho-behavioural such as attitude, desire and effort.
