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 …

Whether young people should specialise in one competitive sport at an early age, or pursue
a wider range of sports during adolescence is a topic of some debate (Baker, Cobley, & …

The twin challenges of inactivity and the 2012 Olympics have tightened the focus in UK sport
promotion. However, the twin track approach which treats these challenges as distinct …

Given the low predictive value of talent identification models (Abbott & Collins, 2002;
Martindale, Collins, & Daubney, 2005), it seems more sensible to consider the range of …

This study focuses on the issue of social exclusion in British tennis. It commences with a
critique of current LTA policy, presenting exclusion as static, ahistorical and underpinned by …

It is a truism that sport can be good for young people. There is now substantial evidence that
participation in organized physical activities can result in a wide range of benefits, including …

While much of the 'sport transitions' literature focusses on the 'end of career', research
focussing on within career transitions in sport has identified a number of challenging …

The acquisition of expert performance has been studied for decades across a range of
human performance domains. Ericsson, Krampe, and Tesch-Römer (1993) proposed a …

Introduction The last two decades have been characterised by rapid technological advances
that have dramatically altered the landscape of young people's leisure time activities …

Various models of talent and player development in sport exist which attempt to describe
how to achieve expert levels of performance (eg Bloom, 1985; Côté et al., 2007). In addition …