The role of sport-specific play and practice during childhood in the development of adolescent Finnish team sport athletes

Forsman, Hannele; Blomqvist, Minna; Davids, Keith; Konttinen, Niilo; Liukkonen, Jarmo

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“…Using athletes' journals of daily individual deliberate practice (eg, self-directed practice to improve skills), Vink et al 59 revealed a positive and reciprocal relationship between deliberate practice and intrinsic motivation. Researchers also examined current athletes' early childhood and adolescent sport involvement through retrospective interviews assessing amounts of sport practice51 or comparing involvement in sport-specific practice and play 54. For example, athletes who accumulated more hours of practice reported higher integrated regulation, although they did not report differences in other forms of motivation, or based on involvement in sport-specific play 54…”

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Are all sport activities equal? A systematic review of how youth psychosocial experiences vary across differing sport activities

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“…Beneath the characteristics of a specific sport domain, country- or culture-specific environments may also contribute to inconsistencies in the described debate ( Baker et al, 2003b ; Storm et al, 2012 ; Suppiah et al, 2015 ; Forsman et al, 2016 ). Although Ford et al (2012) did find similarities between development activities of elite soccer players from different countries, Araújo et al (2010) emphasised that specific environment constraints such as in Brazilian football (i.e., football played with adapted norms and rules in a variety of locations), may lead to specific pathways to expertise.…”

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“The Early Specialised Bird Catches the Worm!” – A Specialised Sampling Model in the Development of Football Talents

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Characteristics of learning activities in early sport participation play a key role in the development of the sporting talent. Therefore, pathways of specialisation or diversification/sampling are as well debated as the implementation of practice- or play-oriented activities. The related issues are currently perceived as a two-dimensional construct of domain specificity and performance orientation. In this context, it has been shown that early specialisation, with experiences in practice and play, has led to Swiss junior national team football players reaching higher success levels as adults. This study aimed to examine whether a similar approach improves chances of even being selected for junior national teams from a broader sample. Hence, 294 youth players answered retrospective questionnaires on their early sport participation when entering the Swiss football talent development programme. Using the person-oriented Linking of Clusters after removal of a Residue (LICUR) method, volumes of in-club practice, free play and activities besides football until 12 years of age were analysed along with age at initial club participation. According to the results, clusters of Football enthusiasts (p = 0.01) with the most free play and above average in-club practice and Club players (p = 0.02) with the most in-club practice and average free play had a greater chance of reaching junior national team level. Thus, high levels of domain-specific activities seem to increase the chances of junior national team participation. Furthermore, the most successful constellation (Football enthusiasts) may illustrate the relevance of domain-specific diversity, induced by several types of practice and play. In line with previous studies, specialising in football and sampling different experiences within this specific domain seems to be the most promising pathway. Therefore, we argue that the optimal model for the development of football talents is a specialised sampling model.

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“…In a systematic review, Coutinho et al (in press) have also indicated that there may be 46 potential negative consequences from early engagement in deliberate practice stimulated by 47 undertaking such a vast number of hours of intense training during early development, a 48 possibility acknowledged by Ericsson et al (1993, see p.371). These consequences include 49 burnout, dropout, overuse injuries and lower levels of attainment (see also Baker,Cobley,& 50 Fraser-Thomas, 2009; Forsman, Blompvist, Davids, Konttinen, & Liukkonen, 2016;Fraser-51 Thomas, Côté, & Deakin, 2008a, 2008bLaw, Côté, & Ericsson, 2007;Wiersma, 2000). 52…”

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How structured and unstructured sport activities aid the development of expertise in volleyball players

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1This study sought to analyse self-reported perceptions of how the nature of sport activities 2 undertaken by volleyball players aided their development. Thirty highly skilled and thirty less 3 skilled players participated in retrospective interviews to identify the nature of activities 4 undertaken in their developmental pathways. All players reported having an early-diversified 5 sport involvement with participation in both structured and unstructured activities. Highly 6 skilled players differed from less skilled players by having accumulated more hours 7 experience in structured sport activities, some of which were undertaken with older peers. 8 Furthermore, highly skilled players specifically highlighted the value of their involvement in 9 particular unstructured activities with older peers and recognized their importance for 10 expertise achievement. These findings illustrate the importance of considering the role of 11 unstructured (in addition to structured) sport activities in the development of expertise in 12 volleyball. Further work is needed to verify the generality of the findings to other sports. 13 14

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The role of sport-specific play and practice during childhood in the development of adolescent Finnish team sport athletes

Cited by 38 publications

References 33 publications

Are all sport activities equal? A systematic review of how youth psychosocial experiences vary across differing sport activities

Are all sport activities equal? A systematic review of how youth psychosocial experiences vary across differing sport activities

“The Early Specialised Bird Catches the Worm!” – A Specialised Sampling Model in the Development of Football Talents

How structured and unstructured sport activities aid the development of expertise in volleyball players

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