Psychological talent predictors in early adolescence and their empirical relationship with current and future performance in soccer

Höner, Oliver; Feichtinger, Philip

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.03.004

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“…It is necessary here, however, to highlight that, although these studies point in the same line (lower level of anxiety, better performance), the performance criteria were different – winning vs. losing, and starter vs. non‐starter. It has to be added that anxiety levels can be influenced by the coach's style (Das & Chatterjee, ), but, in spite of this, these levels have also been used to pick out talent in young male players of 12 years old (Höner & Feichtinger, ).…”

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“…To this has to be added that professional male football players were found to differ in somatic anxiety according to the level of the team they played in – those who played in the super league had less anxiety than those who played in the first league (Kolayiş & Çelik, ). In the same line were findings that highly promotion‐worthy young players (based on coach evaluation) had less worry than promotion‐worthy players and partly promotion‐worthy players (Höner & Feichtinger, ). Regarding MT, a very recent study (Guillen & Santana, ) found that older (U19) male football players had higher MT than younger players (U16), and that there was some difference in MT in relation to the players’ performance level.…”

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Psychological characteristics in women football players: Skills, mental toughness, and anxiety

Kristjánsdóttir

Jóhannsdóttir

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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Women's football has been far less studied than men's. This work's objectives were to: (1) analyze the differences in psychological skills, mental toughness (MT), and anxiety in women football players according to their level (national team, first division, and second division); and (2) predict those three levels (using a multivariate model) according to the players’ psychological skills, mental toughness, and anxiety. One hundred and forty‐two Icelandic women football players (23.5 ± 3.5 years) participated in the study. They were classified into three groups according to their level: national team, and first and second divisions. Three questionnaires were used: the Test of Performance Strategies Questionnaire, the Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire, and the Sport Anxiety Scale‐2 questionnaire. A one‐way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc correction was used to examine differences between teams. Applying a classification tree analysis, the participants were classified into three groups according to their level. There were few differences between the three groups in psychological skills, but in mental toughness and anxiety the national team had the highest and lowest values respectively, and the first and second division players differed in relaxation in competition (TOPS), total score and confidence (SMTQ), and worry (SAS‐2). The classification tree correctly classified 54.9% of the sample with the variables total score (SMTQ) and activation in practice (TOPS). Therefore, given the relevance that psychological attributes appear to have for women football players’ performance, it would seem indispensable to incorporate the figure of the sports psychologist into national and club teams.

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Psychological characteristics in women football players: Skills, mental toughness, and anxiety

Kristjánsdóttir

Jóhannsdóttir

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et al. 2019

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…Th e second aim was to compare the players who, in 2015 (eight years later) had gone on to play the game professionally as opposed to non-professional players. Th e use of future performance based on earlier data has been used as an appropriate way of collecting data (Höner & Feichtinger, 2016).…”

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Characteristics of Professional and Non-Professional Football Players – An Eight-Year Follow-Up of Three Age Cohorts

Sæther¹

2017

Monten. J. Sports Sci. Med.

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Identifi cation of the most talented youth players is regarded as a key part of the talent development process in football. Th e basis for the criteria is naturally aff ected by the characteristics of the early-detected talented players. Nonetheless, earlier research has found limited evidenced for diff erent criteria in this process. Th is study has examined whether professional and non-professional football players showed diff erences in player and coach characteristics as talented youth-level players eight years earlier. A total of 103 players selected for Norwegian youth national teams (age cohorts 1991-1993) participated in this study. Based on player and coach characteristics, the results showed that non-professional players had the most playing time and felt more successful in comparison to the professional players. Th e professional players, however, reported higher ambitions and a higher number of weekly-organized training sessions. No diff erences between the professional and non-professional players showed in terms of their relationship to their coaches were found. Th e study concludes that we need more research on identifi cation criteria to be able to predict which abilities and skills should be sought in the identifi cation process for youth-level players. As in earlier research, this study also found a poor relationship between youth performance and senior performance.

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“…And even though scouting still is an important part of most professional club's development programs, the dropout rate is high (Güllich, 2014). So despite the fact that earlier research have found differences between selected and nonselected players on skills such as physiological skills (Huijgen, Elferink-Gemser, Lemmink, & Visscher, 2014), dribbling and ball control (Figueiredo, Goncalves, Coelho e Silva, & Malina, 2009), and psychological skills such as motivation (Forsman, Blomqvist, Davids, Liukkonen, & Konttinen, 2016) and self-referential cognitions (Höner & Feichtinger, 2016), they are less successful in predicting which players are going to reach professional football. Since Bloom (1985) introduced his model of talent development, there has been introduced a range of models trying to explain talent development processes (Gulbin, Croser, Morley, & Weissensteiner, 2013).…”

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“…Even so, the importance of developing local talented players is also an important feature for most clubs, even though some clubs are more successful on that matter. Earlier studies have found differences between selected and non-selected players in areas such as physiological skills (Huijgen, Elferink-Gemser, Lemmink, & Visscher, 2014), dribbling and ball control (Figueiredo, Goncalves, Coelho e Silva, & Malina, 2009), and psychological skills such as motivation (Forsman, Blomqvist, Davids, Liukkonen, & Konttinen, 2016) and selfreferential cognitions (Höner & Feichtinger, 2016). Even though many clubs select the most talented players at an early age, the high dropout rate (Güllich, 2014) indicates the challenges of identifying the future professional players early on.…”

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Talent development environment in a professional football club in Norway

Flatgård¹,

Larsen²,

Sæther

2020

SJSEP

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The research on talent development is increasing, even though most of it has focused on the individual athlete. By using a holistic and ecological approach to talent development and especially the players’ environment, one could highlight how the environment facilitates player and team development. The purpose of this study was to analyse the recruit team of the professional football club Ranheim F.C. in Norway. Principal methods of data collection included interviews, participant observations of life in the environment, and analysis of documents. The environment was centred around the relationship between coaches and players, and although the supporting staff was relatively small, the inclusive and supportive approach from competent coaches was essential. The characteristics of the environment included that players were encouraged to take responsibility for their own development, exercise self-reflexiveness and the ability to handle the challenges that may arise in the life of young football players, and optimize the everyday lives of the players. Despite economic challenges within the club, the environment compensated with spirit, volunteerism, and hard work.

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Psychological talent predictors in early adolescence and their empirical relationship with current and future performance in soccer

Cited by 85 publications

References 30 publications

Psychological characteristics in women football players: Skills, mental toughness, and anxiety

Psychological characteristics in women football players: Skills, mental toughness, and anxiety

Characteristics of Professional and Non-Professional Football Players – An Eight-Year Follow-Up of Three Age Cohorts

Talent development environment in a professional football club in Norway

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