Talent identification (TID) and talent development (TD) continue to receive significant
investment from team sports organisations, highlighting their importance in attempting to …

Background: The process of talent identification in ice hockey occurs during middle
adolescence when players are selected to participate in “off-season” evaluation camps …

Talent identification and talent development in cricket has received growing attention in
recent years. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the existing literature on …

The purpose of this study is not only to establish whether the relative age effect (RAE) exists
in male international rugby union players, but also to investigate the impact of sociocultural …

Entry into an academy can be a defining moment for a promising young player. The aim of
this study was to explore the multidimensional characteristics that differentiated selected and …

The pathway towards senior professional status in sport is affected by a multitude of factors.
An abductive examination of the talent identification and development processes at an …

Relative age effects (RAEs) within sports refer to the overrepresentation of athletes born
earlier in the selection year and the underrepresentation of those born later in the selection …

(1) Background: The progression of youth rugby union (RU) players towards senior
professional levels can be the result of various different constraints. The aim of this study …

Talent selection programmes choose athletes for talent development pathways. Currently,
the set of psychosocial variables that determine talent selection in youth Rugby Union are …

In this chapter, the ecological dynamics framework is used to provide an overview of talent
identification research in male youth rugby to help translate theoretical knowledge into …