What Factors Discriminate Young Soccer Players Perceived as Promising and Less Promising by Their Coaches?

Alcântara, Chellsea Hortêncio; Machado, João Cláudio; Teixeira, Rodrigo Mendonça; Rossato, Mateus; Teixeira, Anderson Santiago; Silva, Juliano Fernandes da

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“…The often-called “war for talent” is a critical sign that talent is a scarce resource and stakeholders are willing to compete for it ( Klett and Wang, 2013 ). In the fields of management and sports, early identification, training, and retention of talents has situated TI as an essential element of productivity in the workforce ( Liu, 2021a ; Alanazi, 2022 ) and elite performance in sports like soccer and basketball ( Burgess et al, 2012 ; Alcântara et al, 2022 ). Therefore, identifying, selecting, and developing talents has become, more than ever, key to the development of individuals and societies.…”

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Talent identification research: a bibliometric study from multidisciplinary and global perspectives

Parra-Martinez

Wai

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This paper describes the general status, trends, and evolution of research on talent identification across multiple fields globally over the last 80 years. Using Scopus and Web of Science databases, we explored patterns of productivity, collaboration, and knowledge structures in talent identification (TI) research. Bibliometric analysis of 2,502 documents revealed talent identification research is concentrated in the fields of management, business, and leadership (~37%), sports and sports science (~20%), and education, psychology, and STEM (~23%). Whereas research in management and sports science has occurred independently, research in psychology and education has created a bridge for the pollination of ideas across fields. Thematic evolution analysis indicates that TI has well developed motor and basic research themes focused on assessment, cognitive abilities, fitness, and youth characteristics. Motor themes in management and sports science bring attention to talent management beyond TI. Emerging research focuses on equity and diversity as well as innovation in identification and technology-based selection methods. Our paper contributes to the development of the body of TI research by (a) highlighting the role of TI across multiple disciplines, (b) determining the most impactful sources and authors in TI research, and (c) tracing the evolution of TI research which identifies gaps and future opportunities for exploring and developing TI research and its broader implications for other areas of research and society.

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Talent identification research: a bibliometric study from multidisciplinary and global perspectives

Parra-Martinez

Wai

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Exploring the Relationship of Declarative Tactical Knowledge With Participation, Football Competence, and Potentiality in a Professional Club (Real Sociedad)

Sánchez-López,

Echeazarra,

Arrieta

et al. 2024

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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We compared the declarative tactical knowledge (DTK) of 196 male and female players (16.9 ± 2.4 years) belonging to the academy of a Spanish professional football club with their participation (minutes played), football competence (coaching staff assessment), and future potential (technical direction prediction). The DTK had no correlation with the minutes played (%) by the participants during the 2021–22 season (r = −.162, p = .045). Student’s t test for independent samples compared the football competence of the participants with high DTK (n = 74) and low DTK (n = 76), proving a small impact (p = .021, d = 0.39) in favor of the first group. Although the high-DTK group showed a better average of potentiality, the technical direction identified more potential players for the first team in the low-DTK group. In conclusion, no solid evidence was found to justify that participants with higher DTK in each team were those who played more minutes and showed greater football competence and potentiality.

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The eyes don’t have it: Coaches’ eye is not a valid method of estimating biological maturation in male Gaelic football

Fitzgerald,

Campbell,

Kearney

et al. 2024

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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In youth sport, coaches often rely on subjective assessments of current ability and future potential, which may favor players advanced in biological maturation. This study evaluated the accuracy of coaches’ maturity assessments and their impact on perceptions of player ability and potential, as well the inter-coach agreement on talent and maturity evaluations. Maturity timing (discrepancy between biological and chronological age) was assessed using the Khamis-Roche method for 247 male players aged 13 to 17 years. Eighteen coaches provided estimations of their players’ maturity timing, ratings of current ability and long-term potential, and selections of top and bottom 5 players. Inter-rater reliability was calculated using weighted Kappa (k) and percentage agreement. Kendall correlation analyses (τ) examined relationships between maturity and coaches’ perceptions, while a Kruskal Wallis test examined differences in maturity between players classified by coaches as top, middle and bottom performers. On average, coaches underestimated the presence of early maturers and overestimated on-time and late maturers. Maturation timing showed weak correlations with current ability (τ = 0.075) and future potential (τ = 0.021). Coaches’ selected “top” players did not differ in maturity from their peers (H2 = 4.844, p = 0.89). Agreement between coaches ranged from none to weak. These findings suggest coaches’ eye may be inaccurate for estimating maturation. Additionally, there is poor inter-coach agreement in identifying talented athletes, indicating the “coach's eye” is subjective and variable. These results may have significant implications for future talent identification research and processes in sport organizations.

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What Factors Discriminate Young Soccer Players Perceived as Promising and Less Promising by Their Coaches?

Cited by 4 publications

References 46 publications

Talent identification research: a bibliometric study from multidisciplinary and global perspectives

Talent identification research: a bibliometric study from multidisciplinary and global perspectives

Exploring the Relationship of Declarative Tactical Knowledge With Participation, Football Competence, and Potentiality in a Professional Club (Real Sociedad)

The eyes don’t have it: Coaches’ eye is not a valid method of estimating biological maturation in male Gaelic football

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