Psychological diagnostics in the talent development program of the German Football Association: Psychometric properties of an Internet-based test battery

Feichtinger, Philip; Höner, Oliver

doi:10.1007/s12662-014-0341-0

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“…They are mentioned in papers on the profile of demands made in soccer (e.g., Reilly et al, 2008 ) and have also been shown to have predictive power in various different studies, or else they are at least able to distinguish between groups with different levels of performance ( Reilly et al, 2000b ; Russell et al, 2010 ; Gonaus and Müller, 2012 ; Huijgen et al, 2014 ; Höner et al, 2015 ). In the field of psychological behaviors, net hope – a combination of two components of the achievement motive – is chosen as an indicator of the achievement motive ( Brunstein and Heckhausen, 2010 ), since motivational properties in the field of personality have been shown in previous studies to be relevant predictors ( Coetzee et al, 2006 ; van Yperen, 2009 ; Feichtinger and Höner, 2014 ; Zuber and Conzelmann, 2014 ; Zuber et al, 2015 ). Biological maturity is chosen as the operating factor for the field of physical characteristics.…”

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Holistic Patterns as an Instrument for Predicting the Performance of Promising Young Soccer Players – A 3-Years Longitudinal Study

2016

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Multidimensional and dynamic talent models represent the current state of the art, but these demands have hardly ever been implemented so far. One reason for this could be the methodological problems associated with these requirements. This paper will present a proposal for dealing with this, namely for examining the development of young soccer players holistically. The patterns formed by the constructs net hope, motor abilities, technical skills and biological maturity were examined, as well as the way in which these holistic patterns are related to subsequent sporting success. 119 young elite soccer players were questioned and tested three times at intervals of 1 year, beginning at the age of 12. At the age of 15, the level of performance reached by the players was determined. At all three measuring points, four patterns were identified, which displayed partial structural and high individual stability. The highly skilled players, scoring above average on all factors – but not necessarily those having the highest overall scores – were significantly more likely to advance to the highest level of performance. Failure-fearing fit players, i.e., physically strong, early developed players but with some technical weaknesses, have good chances of reaching the middle performance level. In contrast, none of the achievement-oriented, highly skilled, late-matured or late-matured, low skilled players reached the highest performance level. The results indicate the importance of holistic approaches for predicting performance among promising soccer talents in the medium-term and thus provide valuable clues for their selection and promotion.

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Holistic Patterns as an Instrument for Predicting the Performance of Promising Young Soccer Players – A 3-Years Longitudinal Study

2016

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“…This is possible by using codes or pseudonyms for research purposes. Thus, it has been shown that under anonymous conditions, youth footballers tended to score lower on positively associated personality traits than players under personalized conditions (Feichtinger & Höner, 2014). However, as anonymity cannot be ensured in selection-relevant contexts, the use of self-assessment questionnaires for selection decisions should be viewed very critically.…”

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Achievement-Motivated Behavior in Individual Sports (AMBIS-I)—Coach Rating Scale

Zuber

Conzelmann

2019

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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“…Feichtinger and Höner (2014) as well as Domingues and Gonçalves (2013) indicated that environmental social facts should now more than ever be considered in the diagnostic evaluation of talented young athletes. Gagné (2010) for example defines in his revised framework, “Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT 2.0 framework)”, the environmental impacts as “environmental catalysts”, which have significant influence on an individual at both macroscopic and microscopic levels.…”

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Soccer Players Cultural Capital and Its Impact on Migration

Križaj

Leskošek

Vodičar

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Journal of Human Kinetics

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The purpose of this study was to identify factors that constituted the cultural capital among soccer players. We assumed that in the increasingly globalized world of professional soccer, a player’s success would often depend on migrating and adjusting to life in other countries. Willingness to migrate and successful adjustment are tied to player’s previous attitudes and/or behaviours (habitus), significant support from others, including family members, and previous experiences and success in sports and education. Our hypothesised model of the cultural capital was based on the Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. It consisted of 26 variables related to three sets of factors: soccer experiences, a family context and support, and educational achievements of the players and their parents. The model was tested using a sample of 79 current soccer coaches who also had been players at the elite level. A factor analysis was used to empirically verify the content of the hypothetical model of the soccer players’ cultural capital. Nine latent factors were extracted and together, they accounted for 55.01% of the total model variance. Individual factors obtained showed a sufficient level of substantial connection. The Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.77 confirmed the internal consistency of the operationalised variables in the hypothetical model. In addition, the impact of these aforementioned life dimensions on the migration of soccer players was studied. The results of the binary logistic regression analysis showed that the first factor of the hypothetical model (F1) had 2.2 times and the second factor (F8) had 3.9 times higher odds for migration abroad. Sociocultural findings using this new assessment approach could help create better “success conditions” in the talent development of young players.

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Psychological diagnostics in the talent development program of the German Football Association: Psychometric properties of an Internet-based test battery

Cited by 24 publications

References 34 publications

Holistic Patterns as an Instrument for Predicting the Performance of Promising Young Soccer Players – A 3-Years Longitudinal Study

Holistic Patterns as an Instrument for Predicting the Performance of Promising Young Soccer Players – A 3-Years Longitudinal Study

Achievement-Motivated Behavior in Individual Sports (AMBIS-I)—Coach Rating Scale

Soccer Players Cultural Capital and Its Impact on Migration

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