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Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems
In this conceptual paper, we contextualise ongoing attempts to manage challenge dynamics in talent systems in sport. Firstly, we review the broad literature base related to biological maturation, relative age, and the proposed interventions to mitigate effects. We suggest that the relative age effec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9857589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10010130 |
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description | In this conceptual paper, we contextualise ongoing attempts to manage challenge dynamics in talent systems in sport. Firstly, we review the broad literature base related to biological maturation, relative age, and the proposed interventions to mitigate effects. We suggest that the relative age effect may be a population level effect, indicative of deeper phenomena, rather than having a direct effect on challenge levels. In contrast, we suggest that biological maturation has a direct effect on challenge at the individual level. Therefore, our main critique of many existing approaches to the management of challenge is a lack of individual nuance and flexibility. We suggest the necessity for talent systems to adopt a more holistic approach, conceptualising biological maturation and relative age within a broader field of “push and pull factors” that impact challenge dynamics in talent development in sport. Finally, we provide practical guidance for talent systems in their approach to relative age and biological maturation, recognising that there is no “gold standard”. Instead, there is a need to recognize the highly individual and contextual nature of these concepts, focusing on strategic coherence through talent systems for the management of selection and development processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-98575892023-01-21 Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems Sweeney, Liam Taylor, Jamie MacNamara, Áine Children (Basel) Review In this conceptual paper, we contextualise ongoing attempts to manage challenge dynamics in talent systems in sport. Firstly, we review the broad literature base related to biological maturation, relative age, and the proposed interventions to mitigate effects. We suggest that the relative age effect may be a population level effect, indicative of deeper phenomena, rather than having a direct effect on challenge levels. In contrast, we suggest that biological maturation has a direct effect on challenge at the individual level. Therefore, our main critique of many existing approaches to the management of challenge is a lack of individual nuance and flexibility. We suggest the necessity for talent systems to adopt a more holistic approach, conceptualising biological maturation and relative age within a broader field of “push and pull factors” that impact challenge dynamics in talent development in sport. Finally, we provide practical guidance for talent systems in their approach to relative age and biological maturation, recognising that there is no “gold standard”. Instead, there is a need to recognize the highly individual and contextual nature of these concepts, focusing on strategic coherence through talent systems for the management of selection and development processes. MDPI 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9857589/ /pubmed/36670680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10010130 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Sweeney, Liam Taylor, Jamie MacNamara, Áine Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems |
title | Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems |
title_full | Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems |
title_fullStr | Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems |
title_full_unstemmed | Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems |
title_short | Push and Pull Factors: Contextualising Biological Maturation and Relative Age in Talent Development Systems |
title_sort | push and pull factors: contextualising biological maturation and relative age in talent development systems |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9857589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36670680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10010130 |
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