Search Results - Developmental Review
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Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Güllich, A., Barth, M., Hambrick, D. Z., Macnamara, B. N.Published in Science (2025)“…Several large datasets from adult world-class performers have become available to review and synthesize. The present literature review synthesizes findings on the development of more than 34,000 adult international top performers in different domains, including Nobel laureates, the most renowned classical music composers, Olympic champions, and the world`s best chess players. …”
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Optimizing performance nutrition for adolescent athletes: a review of dietary needs, risks, and practical strategies
Everett, S.Published in Nutrients (2025)“…Adolescent athletes face unique nutritional challenges due to the simultaneous demands of growth, development, and athletic performance. This review synthesizes current evidence on energy and macronutrient requirements, hydration strategies, and key micronutrients, including iron, calcium, and vitamin D, which are essential for supporting health and performance in youth sport. …”
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Narratives of Swiss football players about talent - and positive youth development: The role of social agents and agency
Koch, P., Charbonnet, B., Ronkainen, N.Published in Current Issues in Sport Science (2025)“…Interviews focus on athletes` perceptions of their proximal social agents reflecting on significant experiences, key relationships, and perceived developmental outcomes. To facilitate further discussion, players will review and reflect on selected data from their earlier developmental assessments. …”
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Small-sided-game-induced mechanical load in adolescent soccer: The need for care and consideration for athlete preservation
Salter, J.Published in Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2025)“…Evidence Acquisition: A nonsystematic search of computerized databases of peer-reviewed articles in English between 2010 and the present was used, and a critical appraisal of existing literature was subsequently conducted. …”
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They are still children: a scoping review of conditions for positive engagement in elite youth sport
Wilson, S. G., Kurtz Favero, M., Smith, H. H., Bergeron, M. F., Côté, J.Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine (2024)“…Design Scoping review. Data sources We searched the databases SPORTDiscus, APA PsycINFO, Web of Science and Sports Medicine & Education Index for peer-reviewed, published in English articles that considered the factors influencing positive developmental outcomes for athletes under 18 years competing at a national and/or international level. …”
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Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: a systematic review and meta-aggregation
Dunn, E. L., Lawrence, G. P., Gottwald, V. M., Hardy, J., Holliss, B., Oliver, S. J., Roberts, R., Woodman, T.Published in International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology (2025)“…Recent reviews have unilaterally targeted static talent areas (i.e. talent detection and identification). …”
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Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine
N. Armstrong, W. v. MechelenPublished 2023“…The Sport Science section reviews bio-banding in youth sport before examining the morphology of youth athletes and analysing the development and trainability of aerobic fitness, anaerobic fitness, speed, and agility. …”
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A comprehensive investigation to inform effective talent development in sport
Dunn, E. L.Published 2023“…The aim of Chapter 1 was to systematically review longitudinal quantitative and qualitative talent development and talent selection research to provide an understanding of current characteristics known to be important within effective talent development. …”
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Starting and specialising ages across Olympic sports: A cross-sectional study in an international sample of elite athletes
Descheemaeker, K., De Bosscher, V., Shibli, S.Published in Book of Abstracts EASM (2023)“…THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW In each sport, national sporting organisations (NSOs) attempt to optimise their talent development strategies to attain excellence at, for example, the Olympic Games. …”
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What do we really know about elite athlete development? Limitations and gaps in current understanding
Baker, J., Johnston, K., Wojtowicz, M., Wattie, N.Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine (2022)“…The last few decades have seen a considerable increase in research attention to issues related to talent identification, skill acquisition, early sport specialisation and `safe` athlete development.1 2 In parallel, those working in high-performance sport are regularly tasked with creating evidence-based policies to inform both injury prevention and sports performance programmes for developing athletes.3 4 Several recent reviews have emphasised the limitations and gaps in our understanding of these processes.1 3 Not recognising these gaps undermines the complexity of what athletes, practitioners and other stakeholders manage in their daily environments. …”
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A multidisciplinary investigation into the talent development processes at an English football academy: A machine learning approach
Kelly, A. L., Williams, C. A., Cook, R., Jiménez Sáiz, S. L., Wilson, M. R.Published in Sports (2022)“…A cross-validated Lasso regression was implemented, using the glmnet package in R, to analyse the factors that contributed to: (a) player review ratings (Study 1), and (b) achieving a professional contract (Study 2). …”
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Benchmarking kicking skills across the talent pathway in Australian football
Bonney, N.Published 2020“…The first study (Bonney, Berry, Ball, & Larkin, 2019; Chapter three of this thesis) reviewed current Australian football technical skill assessments using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement as a guideline. …”
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Epidemiology, flexibility, growth and maturation in youth elite soccer players : prospective research leading to clinical perspectives in paediatric sports medicine
Materne, O.Published 2020“…Surprisingly, scientific evidence on lower limb muscle flexibility changes and injury epidemiology associated with growth and maturation in youth soccer remain sparse and inconclusive with a high risk of bias (Faude et al. 2013; Stratton 2004; Swain et al. 2018). From a systematic review point of view, youth elite soccer players have a high likelihood to lose a large portion of seasonal development due to injuries, with a greater injury incidence in training than professional adult soccer players (S. …”
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Pathway 2 Podium : a multidisciplinary and mixed method approach to enhancing the efficacy of talent development systems
Langham-Walsh, E.Published 2020“…Chapter 1 critically reviews the relevant literature relevant to talent identification and development (TID) specifically: the underpinnings of "talent"; the problem with talent identification; talent development models and approaches; and influential factors in athlete TID. …”
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A review of emotional and sexual abuse of elite child athletes by their coaches
Wilinsky, C. L., McCabe, A.Published in Sports Coaching Review (2021)“…Emotional abuse and sexual abuse are often co-occurring forms of child maltreatment that can have numerous negative effects on development. This narrative review synthesises research on emotional and sexual abuse of elite child athletes by their coaches to examine the dynamics and consequences of abuse in the elite sport context and to investigate characteristics of this context - in which the coach-athlete relationship is central - that make these athletes especially vulnerable to abuse. …”
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The development of skill and interest in sport
Turnnidge, J., Allan, V., Côté, J.Published in Skill acquisition in sport: research, theory and practice (2020)“…In this chapter, the concepts of early specialization, early sampling, and early engagement, as well their associated developmental pathways are explored. Evidence relating to various types of learning opportunities and motivational processes at different stages of development are reviewed. …”