Is there any evidence in the scientific literature on the ability (or inability) to identify sporting giftedness/talent? Are there any known indicators of potential (but which are invariant to age and training)? Are there specific age-related developmental stages in developing players? What time and/or effort is required to master a task (in this instance, football)? Are we making appropriate use of the entire talent pool available to us?
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