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Paula Olszewskikubilius - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Talent Development megamodel a domain specific conceptual framework based on the psychology of high performance
2021Co-Authors: Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Frank C. WorrellAbstract:In this chapter, the authors present a comprehensive conception of Talent Development that draws from research in the psychological sciences and is applicable across diverse domains, from academics and athletics to the visual and performing arts. The model is distinguished by the following components: (a) recognizing the varied beginnings of domain trajectories from the earliest manifestations of Talent to expertise and beyond; (b) promoting the role of opportunities not only inside, but outside, and beyond school; and (c) the increasing importance of malleable social and mental skills as well as insider knowledge as individuals progress to higher stages of performance and creative productivity.
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Talent Development in achievement domains a psychological framework for within and cross domain research
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2020Co-Authors: Franzis Preckel, Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Jessika Golle, Roland H Grabner, Linda Jarvin, Aaron Kozbelt, Daniel Mullensiefen, Wolfgang Schneider, Miriam VockAbstract:Achievement in different domains, such as academics, music, or visual arts, plays a central role in all modern societies. Different psychological models aim to describe and explain achievement and its Development in different domains. However, there remains a need for a framework that guides empirical research within and across different domains. With the Talent-Development-in-achievement-domains (TAD) framework, we provide a general Talent-Development framework applicable to a wide range of achievement domains. The overarching aim of this framework is to support empirical research by focusing on measurable psychological constructs and their meaning at different levels of Talent Development. Furthermore, the TAD framework can be used for constructing domain-specific Talent-Development models. With examples for the application of the TAD framework to the domains of mathematics, music, and visual arts, the review provided supports the suitability of the TAD framework for domain-specific model construction and indicates numerous research gaps and open questions that should be addressed in future research.
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theoretical approaches societal issues and practical implications for school based and extracurricular Talent Development outcomes of the inaugural european north american summit on Talent Development part ii
Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017Co-Authors: Heidrun Stoeger, Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Susan G Assouline, Albert ZieglerAbstract:Gifted Child Quarterly and High Ability Studies collaborated on this pair of special issues resulting from the Inaugural European–North American Summit on Talent Development. The summit, held in Washington, D.C., in April 2016, had two main goals. The summit aimed, first, to increase researchers’ awareness of work on Talent Development being carried out in different countries by bringing together scholars working in Europe and the United States. The summit’s second aim was to initiate a new format for small, collaborative conferences at which participants present ideas they are working on—in medias res, so to speak—to all the other participants in order to receive feedback before they have completed their research. The event was made possible through the generous financial support of the American Psychological Association, the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, the Center for Talent Development of Northwestern University, and the Academic Talent Development Program at the University of California, Berkeley. The 2-day event consisted of clusters of presentations on eight topics. In each cluster, three researchers (two from American institutions and one from a European institution) presented their work and discussed future directions and possible implementations. Thanks to editors Betsy McCoach, Del Siegle, and Albert Ziegler, all participants were invited to submit articles for publication based on their presentation. The resulting articles on work presented in the first four Talent Development clusters (theoretical perspectives, societal participation, the context of school, and outside of school) make up the special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly. Articles arising from presentations in the final four Talent Development clusters (outcomes, psychosocial factors, adaptive and maladaptive learning, and high achievement and performance) comprise the special issue of High Ability Studies.
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the 15 minute audition translating a proof of concept into a domain specific screening device for mathematical Talent
Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017Co-Authors: Rena F. Subotnik, Frank C. Worrell, Paula OlszewskikubiliusAbstract:In 2011, Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius, and Worrell proposed a conceptual model for Talent Development applicable to all domains. Although grounded in available psychological research, significant questions remain regarding practical applications of each tenet of the model. In this article, we highlight a method of implementing the model’s focus on domain-specific abilities. Mathematics was selected as a domain with sufficient literature and importance to serve as the first in a series of proposed explorations into identifying domain-specific abilities. The methodology adapts an identification procedure—that is, audition—commonly used in performance domains (e.g., dance) to determine “drop-dead” abilities needed for successful Talent Development—in this case, mathematics. Identifying abilities central to potential creative Talent in a domain may allow us to move away from relying solely on standardized measures of general ability and academic achievement, especially for the early identification of Talent.
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theoretical approaches societal issues and practical implications for school based and extracurricular Talent Development outcomes of the inaugural european north american summit on Talent Development part ii
High Ability Studies, 2017Co-Authors: Heidrun Stoeger, Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Susan G Assouline, Betsy D Mccoach, Albert ZieglerAbstract:Gifted Child Quarterly and High Ability Studies collaborated on this pair of special issues resulting from the Inaugural European–North American Summit on Talent Development. The summit, held in Wa...
Kirsten Kaya Roessler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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riding the wave of an expert a successful Talent Development environment in kayaking
Sport Psychologist, 2011Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Kirsten Kaya RoesslerAbstract:The holistic ecological approach to Talent Development in sport highlights the central role of the overall environment as it affects a prospective elite athlete. This paper examines a flat-water kayak environment in Norway with a history of successfully producing top-level senior athletes from among its juniors. Principal methods of data collection include interviews, participant observations of daily life in the environment and analysis of documents. The environment was centered around the relationship between prospects and a community of elite athletes, officially organized as a school team but helping the athletes to focus on their sport goals, teaching the athletes to be autonomous and responsible for their own training, and perceived as very integrated due to a strong and cohesive organizational culture. We argue that the holistic ecological approach opens new venues in Talent Development research and holds the potential to change how sport psychology practitioners work with prospective elite athletes. The world of elite sport presents increasing physical and mental challenges to athletes while making ever greater financial demands on sporting organizations. Sport systems capable of developing athletes to the highest international levels are likely to receive financial rewards and recognition. For these reasons, Talent detection and Development have become central challenges to all sport systems. Applied sport psychology contributes to helping young Talented athletes realize their potentials, and successful Talent Development alongside elite performance has been linked to psychological concepts such as motivation (e.g., Ryan & Deci,
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successful Talent Development in track and field considering the role of environment
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2010Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Kirsten Kaya RoesslerAbstract:Track and field includes a number of high-intensity disci- plines with many demanding practices and represents a motivational challenge for Talented athletes aiming to make a successful transition to the senior elite level. Based on a holistic ecological approach, this study presents an analysis of a particular athletic Talent Development environ- ment, the IFK Vaxjotrack and field club, and examines key factors behind its successful history of creating top-level athletes. The research takes the form of a case study. Data were collected from multiple perspectives (in-depth inter- views with administrators, coaches and athletes), from multiple situations (observation of training, competitions and meetings) and from the analysis of documents. The environment was characterized by a high degree of cohesion, by the organization of athletes and coaches into groups and teams, and by the important role given to elite athletes. A strong organizational culture, characterized by values of open co-operation, by a focus on performance process and by a whole-person approach, provided an important basis for the environment's success. The holistic ecological approach encourages practitioners to broaden their focus beyond the individual in their efforts to help Talented junior athletes make a successful transition to the elite senior level.
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holistic approach to athletic Talent Development environments a successful sailing milieu
Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2010Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Kirsten Kaya RoesslerAbstract:Objectives. Research into the discovery and Development of athletic Talent has tended to focus on the individual athlete. This study assumes a holistic ecological approach; it focuses on the overall athletic Talent Development environment (ATDE), presents an analysis of one particular ATDE (the Danish national 49er sailing team) and examines key factors behind its success in creating top athletes. To guide the project, two working models were developed. The ATDE working model serves to describe the environment’s components and structure. The environmental success factors (ESF) working model serves to structure factors contributing to the environment’s success.Method. The research takes the form of a case study. Data were collected from multiple perspectives (in-depth interviews with administrators, coaches and athletes), from multiple situations (observation of training, competitions and meetings) and from the analysis of documents.Results. Empirical versions of the ATDE and ESF models were developed of the investigated environment, which was characterized by a high degree of cohesion, with the relationship between current and prospective elite athletes at its core. A lack of resources was compensated for by a strong organizational culture, characterized by values of open co-operation, individual responsibility and a focus on performance process.Conclusions. The research concluded that the holistic ecological approach constitutes an important supplement to the contemporary literature on athletic Talent and career Development, that further studies of specific environments are needed to establish the common features of successful ATDEs and that practitioners should look beyond the individual in their attempts to nurture sporting excellence.
Rena F. Subotnik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Talent Development megamodel a domain specific conceptual framework based on the psychology of high performance
2021Co-Authors: Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Frank C. WorrellAbstract:In this chapter, the authors present a comprehensive conception of Talent Development that draws from research in the psychological sciences and is applicable across diverse domains, from academics and athletics to the visual and performing arts. The model is distinguished by the following components: (a) recognizing the varied beginnings of domain trajectories from the earliest manifestations of Talent to expertise and beyond; (b) promoting the role of opportunities not only inside, but outside, and beyond school; and (c) the increasing importance of malleable social and mental skills as well as insider knowledge as individuals progress to higher stages of performance and creative productivity.
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Talent Development in achievement domains a psychological framework for within and cross domain research
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2020Co-Authors: Franzis Preckel, Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Jessika Golle, Roland H Grabner, Linda Jarvin, Aaron Kozbelt, Daniel Mullensiefen, Wolfgang Schneider, Miriam VockAbstract:Achievement in different domains, such as academics, music, or visual arts, plays a central role in all modern societies. Different psychological models aim to describe and explain achievement and its Development in different domains. However, there remains a need for a framework that guides empirical research within and across different domains. With the Talent-Development-in-achievement-domains (TAD) framework, we provide a general Talent-Development framework applicable to a wide range of achievement domains. The overarching aim of this framework is to support empirical research by focusing on measurable psychological constructs and their meaning at different levels of Talent Development. Furthermore, the TAD framework can be used for constructing domain-specific Talent-Development models. With examples for the application of the TAD framework to the domains of mathematics, music, and visual arts, the review provided supports the suitability of the TAD framework for domain-specific model construction and indicates numerous research gaps and open questions that should be addressed in future research.
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Benchmarking Psychosocial Skills Important for Talent Development.
New directions for child and adolescent development, 2019Co-Authors: Paula Olszewski-kubilius, Rena F. Subotnik, Lauren Cassani Davis, Frank C. WorrellAbstract:How can high potential in childhood be transformed into outstanding adult accomplishment? Research indicates that individuals who become outstanding performers and producers have more than just raw Talent in the domain or opportunities to develop their Talent-they have the will, drive, and focus to take advantage of the opportunities with which they are presented, and the capacity to persist through failures even as the bar for success gets higher. Despite the importance of these psychosocial facilitators, they are among the least well understood in the field of gifted and Talented research. In this study, we reviewed existing literature in order to build comprehensive list of the psychosocial variables associated with Talent Development across domains (visual art, dance, sports, academics, music, acting, medicine, and software engineering). With the help of psychologists with expertise in these domains, we completed an initial categorization of these skills and asked the experts to indicate at which of the three stages in Talent Development-the transition of abilities into competencies, competencies into expertise, and expertise to creative productivity or eminence-each psychosocial skill was important. We found promising general patterns of commonality as well as variation by domain and stage of Talent Development, and discuss the implications of this study on future research into psychosocial skill Development.
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theoretical approaches societal issues and practical implications for school based and extracurricular Talent Development outcomes of the inaugural european north american summit on Talent Development part ii
Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017Co-Authors: Heidrun Stoeger, Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewskikubilius, Susan G Assouline, Albert ZieglerAbstract:Gifted Child Quarterly and High Ability Studies collaborated on this pair of special issues resulting from the Inaugural European–North American Summit on Talent Development. The summit, held in Washington, D.C., in April 2016, had two main goals. The summit aimed, first, to increase researchers’ awareness of work on Talent Development being carried out in different countries by bringing together scholars working in Europe and the United States. The summit’s second aim was to initiate a new format for small, collaborative conferences at which participants present ideas they are working on—in medias res, so to speak—to all the other participants in order to receive feedback before they have completed their research. The event was made possible through the generous financial support of the American Psychological Association, the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, the Center for Talent Development of Northwestern University, and the Academic Talent Development Program at the University of California, Berkeley. The 2-day event consisted of clusters of presentations on eight topics. In each cluster, three researchers (two from American institutions and one from a European institution) presented their work and discussed future directions and possible implementations. Thanks to editors Betsy McCoach, Del Siegle, and Albert Ziegler, all participants were invited to submit articles for publication based on their presentation. The resulting articles on work presented in the first four Talent Development clusters (theoretical perspectives, societal participation, the context of school, and outside of school) make up the special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly. Articles arising from presentations in the final four Talent Development clusters (outcomes, psychosocial factors, adaptive and maladaptive learning, and high achievement and performance) comprise the special issue of High Ability Studies.
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the 15 minute audition translating a proof of concept into a domain specific screening device for mathematical Talent
Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017Co-Authors: Rena F. Subotnik, Frank C. Worrell, Paula OlszewskikubiliusAbstract:In 2011, Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius, and Worrell proposed a conceptual model for Talent Development applicable to all domains. Although grounded in available psychological research, significant questions remain regarding practical applications of each tenet of the model. In this article, we highlight a method of implementing the model’s focus on domain-specific abilities. Mathematics was selected as a domain with sufficient literature and importance to serve as the first in a series of proposed explorations into identifying domain-specific abilities. The methodology adapts an identification procedure—that is, audition—commonly used in performance domains (e.g., dance) to determine “drop-dead” abilities needed for successful Talent Development—in this case, mathematics. Identifying abilities central to potential creative Talent in a domain may allow us to move away from relying solely on standardized measures of general ability and academic achievement, especially for the early identification of Talent.
Kristoffer Henriksen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Creating optimal environments for Talent Development : A holistic ecological approach
Routledge Handbook of Talent Identification and Development in Sport, 2017Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia StambulovaAbstract:The authors introduce the holistic ecological approach (HEA) to Talent Development in sport, which proposes a shift in research attention from the individual athletes to the broader Developmental c ...
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looking at success from its opposite pole the case of a Talent Development golf environment in denmark
International journal of sport and exercise psychology, 2014Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Carsten Hvid Larsen, Mette Krogh ChristensenAbstract:The holistic ecological approach highlights the central role of the environment in Talent Development in sport and acknowledges that some sporting environments are more successful than others in nurturing athlete Development. Case studies of successful athletic Talent Development environments (ATDEs) in Scandinavia have suggested that successful environments are unique but also share a number of features that determine their success. The present study tests this suggestion by applying the holistic ecological approach to the study of a struggling ATDE, which is a golf team in a sport academy in Denmark with limited success in producing senior elite athletes from among its juniors. Adopting a case study design, we collected data from multiple perspectives (in-depth interviews with administrators, coaches and athletes), from multiple situations (observation of training, competitions and daily life) and from the analysis of documents. We found that the struggling environment was characterised by features that...
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riding the wave of an expert a successful Talent Development environment in kayaking
Sport Psychologist, 2011Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Kirsten Kaya RoesslerAbstract:The holistic ecological approach to Talent Development in sport highlights the central role of the overall environment as it affects a prospective elite athlete. This paper examines a flat-water kayak environment in Norway with a history of successfully producing top-level senior athletes from among its juniors. Principal methods of data collection include interviews, participant observations of daily life in the environment and analysis of documents. The environment was centered around the relationship between prospects and a community of elite athletes, officially organized as a school team but helping the athletes to focus on their sport goals, teaching the athletes to be autonomous and responsible for their own training, and perceived as very integrated due to a strong and cohesive organizational culture. We argue that the holistic ecological approach opens new venues in Talent Development research and holds the potential to change how sport psychology practitioners work with prospective elite athletes. The world of elite sport presents increasing physical and mental challenges to athletes while making ever greater financial demands on sporting organizations. Sport systems capable of developing athletes to the highest international levels are likely to receive financial rewards and recognition. For these reasons, Talent detection and Development have become central challenges to all sport systems. Applied sport psychology contributes to helping young Talented athletes realize their potentials, and successful Talent Development alongside elite performance has been linked to psychological concepts such as motivation (e.g., Ryan & Deci,
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successful Talent Development in track and field considering the role of environment
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2010Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Kirsten Kaya RoesslerAbstract:Track and field includes a number of high-intensity disci- plines with many demanding practices and represents a motivational challenge for Talented athletes aiming to make a successful transition to the senior elite level. Based on a holistic ecological approach, this study presents an analysis of a particular athletic Talent Development environ- ment, the IFK Vaxjotrack and field club, and examines key factors behind its successful history of creating top-level athletes. The research takes the form of a case study. Data were collected from multiple perspectives (in-depth inter- views with administrators, coaches and athletes), from multiple situations (observation of training, competitions and meetings) and from the analysis of documents. The environment was characterized by a high degree of cohesion, by the organization of athletes and coaches into groups and teams, and by the important role given to elite athletes. A strong organizational culture, characterized by values of open co-operation, by a focus on performance process and by a whole-person approach, provided an important basis for the environment's success. The holistic ecological approach encourages practitioners to broaden their focus beyond the individual in their efforts to help Talented junior athletes make a successful transition to the elite senior level.
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holistic approach to athletic Talent Development environments a successful sailing milieu
Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2010Co-Authors: Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Kirsten Kaya RoesslerAbstract:Objectives. Research into the discovery and Development of athletic Talent has tended to focus on the individual athlete. This study assumes a holistic ecological approach; it focuses on the overall athletic Talent Development environment (ATDE), presents an analysis of one particular ATDE (the Danish national 49er sailing team) and examines key factors behind its success in creating top athletes. To guide the project, two working models were developed. The ATDE working model serves to describe the environment’s components and structure. The environmental success factors (ESF) working model serves to structure factors contributing to the environment’s success.Method. The research takes the form of a case study. Data were collected from multiple perspectives (in-depth interviews with administrators, coaches and athletes), from multiple situations (observation of training, competitions and meetings) and from the analysis of documents.Results. Empirical versions of the ATDE and ESF models were developed of the investigated environment, which was characterized by a high degree of cohesion, with the relationship between current and prospective elite athletes at its core. A lack of resources was compensated for by a strong organizational culture, characterized by values of open co-operation, individual responsibility and a focus on performance process.Conclusions. The research concluded that the holistic ecological approach constitutes an important supplement to the contemporary literature on athletic Talent and career Development, that further studies of specific environments are needed to establish the common features of successful ATDEs and that practitioners should look beyond the individual in their attempts to nurture sporting excellence.
Dave Collins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of the Talent Development environment questionnaire for sport
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2010Co-Authors: Russell Martindale, Dave Collins, John Chee Keng Wang, Michael Mcneill, Kok Sonk Lee, John Sproule, Tony WestburyAbstract:As sporting challenge at the elite level becomes ever harder, maximizing effectiveness of the Talent Development pathway is crucial. Reflecting this need, this paper describes the Development of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire, which has been designed to facilitate the Development of sporting potential to world-class standard. The questionnaire measures the experiences of developing athletes in relation to empirically identified "key features" of effective Talent Development environments. The first phase involved the generation of questionnaire items with clear content and face validity. The second phase explored the factor structure and reliability. This was carried out with 590 developing athletes through application of exploratory factor analysis with oblique rotation, principal axis factoring extraction and cronbach alpha tests. This yielded a 59-item, seven-factor structure with good internal consistency (0.616-0.978). The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire appears to be a promising psychometric instrument that can potentially be useful for education and formative review in applied settings, and as a measurement tool in Talent Development research.
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influences on the Talent Development process of non classical musicians psychological social and environmental influences
Music Education Research, 2007Co-Authors: Sara Kamin, Hugh Richards, Dave CollinsAbstract:Twelve professional, non-classical musicians were interviewed about the impact of internal and external factors on their Development as musicians. The data were qualitatively analyzed, and observations concerning psychological characteristics of developing excellence (PCDEs), social and environmental influences are reported. The insights of the musicians help to provide a rich source of descriptive information about the specific characteristics present during the process of their musical Development. Three major findings emerged from this study. First, the results suggest that PCDEs are associated with non-classical musical ability which develops outside a structured Developmental process. Second, in terms of social influences, the findings indicate that, for non-classical musicians, teachers and parents play a smaller role, and peers play a larger role than identified in previous research. Finally, the results suggest that various sources of media play an influential role in non-classical music Talent de...
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effective Talent Development the elite coach perspective in uk sport
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2007Co-Authors: Russell J J Martindale, Dave Collins, Andrew AbrahamAbstract:Research to effectively inform the design and conduct of Talent Development environments (TDEs) is sparse, especially relating to the goals and systems involved. Accordingly, this paper provides a detailed picture of effective goals and systems within TDEs in a UK context. A thorough examination of the goals, nature, and systems of 16 coaches with significant expertise in Talent Development was carried out across 13 different sports. Inductive and deductive analysis revealed support for five main generic characteristics of effective TDEs: 1) Long-term aims and methods; 2) Wide-ranging coherent messages and support; 3) Emphasis on appropriate Development, not early success; 4) Individualized and ongoing Development; and 5) Integrated, holistic and systematic Development. Implications for applied practitioners, policy makers, and researchers are explored.
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expertise and Talent Development in rugby refereeing an ethnographic enquiry
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2006Co-Authors: Stewart Ollis, Alan Macpherson, Dave CollinsAbstract:Abstract We explore how expertise is obtained in the domain of rugby refereeing. The research data are qualitative and are drawn from an 18 month period working in collaboration with the Rugby Football Union Elite Referee Unit. Adopting an ethnographic mode of enquiry, the study combined long-term participant observation with in-depth interviewing, indirect observations and the collection of artefacts including existing protocol, coach feedback forms and strategic reports. The diversity of methodologies allowed us to examine how expertise is developed across various domains of analysis, including the intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and social perspectives. Building on expertise studies in “deliberate practice”, further prerequisites for expertise, at least in this domain and with these participants, incorporated “deliberate experience” and “transfer of skills”. Additionally, a key issue in the findings concerns a shift from “descriptive” towards a “non-linear processes”-oriented model of Development. ...
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Talent Development a guide for practice and research within sport
Quest, 2005Co-Authors: Russell Martindale, Dave Collins, Jim DaubneyAbstract:The transformation of Talented youngsters into senior world-beaters is a topic of interest for practitioners and researchers alike. Unfortunately there is a dearth of research to guide the optimization of this process. Accordingly, this paper offers an overview of key themes apparent in the literature that have relevance to the effective Development of Talent. The five key generic features that emerge consistently include long-term aims and methods; wide ranging coherent messages and support; emphasis on appropriate Development rather than early selection; individualized and ongoing Development; and finally, integrated, holistic, and systematic Development. In addition to the review, exemplars of current worldwide practice are used to further highlight both the need and direction for further research and more broad education of an effective Talent Development model.