Early Specialization in Youth Sport

Mattson, Jeffrey M.; Richards, Jim

doi:10.1080/07303084.2010.10598523

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“…Many authors have underlined the lack of consensus about the potential benefits or negative consequences of early specialisation (Gould, 2010;Kaleth & Mikesky, 2010;Malina, 2010;Mattson & Richards, 2010). Haugaasen and Jordet (2012) highlighted the need for implementing more sport-specific nuances to such a debate, where both sportspecific studies, such as the present study, but also comparative studies across sports would represent important contributions (e.g., Baker et al, 2003).…”

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From childhood to senior professional football: elite youth players’ engagement in non-football activities

Haugaasen

Toering

Jordet

2014

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Despite the large amount of research available on how engagement in football practice relates to future performance level among football players, similar information about the contribution of non-football activities is scarce. Based on data from 745 elite youth players this study aimed to identify the characteristics and contribution of diverse participation towards elite youth and senior professional status. The data were collected using a retrospective questionnaire where the players reported the amount of time spent in other sports than football, in addition to their perceived contribution of different non-football activities for developing football skills. The accumulated hours of time spent in other sports of players who had obtained a senior professional contract were compared to non-professional players, using multilevel modelling (n = 558), while a t-test compared the activity ratings to each other. No significant differences were identified between professional and non-professional players' engagement history, but overall, the players rated sports similar to football to be significantly more relevant for developing football skills than other sports. The results suggests that spending time in non-football activities did not contribute to present differences in performance attainment in football, but also that potential advantages of such activities may be related to their characteristics.

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From childhood to senior professional football: elite youth players’ engagement in non-football activities

Haugaasen

Toering

Jordet

2014

Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…De lichaamsbouw van kinderen (klein en licht) vergemakkelijkt de acrobatische bewegingen. Momenten van inertie zijn beperkt en de rotaties worden bevorderd [13]. Vooral in de puberteit van meisjes is het een hele uitdaging om een biomechanisch gunstige lichaamsbouw te behouden.…”

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Wat zijn de risico’s van vroege sportspecialisatie op de gezondheid van kinderen?

Jidovtseff

2018

Tijdschr Jeugdgezondheidsz

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“…From a social point of view, the hierarchy of the role and benefits of figure skating practice will hopefully lead to the formation of fair behaviors and collectivity behavior of fair play in skating rinks. Studying the impact of practicing recreational figure skating among students that would eventually become the teachers that will promote the sport with young children is of tremendous importance because studies have shown that if the teachers are familiar with the sport that they will be teaching they can increase the attractiveness for pupils [25,26,27]. The literature review revealed insufficient evidence related to the appreciation of the benefits of practicing figure skating by students from the physical education and sports specialization who will become future school promoters of this sport.…”

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Student Perceptions of Motor, Mental and Social Benefits and the Impact of Practicing Recreational Figure Skating

Ionescu

Bădău

2018

Behavioral Sciences

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The study aims to highlight the impact of practicing recreational figure skating by evaluating the relationship between the perceptions of motor, mental and social benefits of practicing figure skating and the frequency and duration allocated for this recreational activity. The study included 143 students of physical education and sport specialization. The questionnaire was designed to evaluate the students’ perception about the benefits of practicing recreational figure skating; it included 30 items divided in three parts: motor, mental and social benefits. Each of them contained 10 items to be assessed by students using the Likert scale, with 2 items related to the duration and frequency of practicing figure skating during recreational time. The results were processed using SPPS 24. The results were statistically significant at p < 0.05. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was α = 0.965, suggesting that the items had high internal consistency. Using the Likert scale, we found the following: concerning the high score 5 points—the motor capacity 62.9%, the mental capacity 49.7%, the social capacity 49.7%; and for a low score of 1 point—mental and social capacity 1.4%, motor capacity 0.7%. The effect size was medium for almost all items. No statistically significant correlations were found between the result of the questionnaire and the frequency and duration of practicing figure skating during free time. Figure skating is considered by students to be one of the activities through which a series of parameters of physical development and level of physical fitness can be improved through the expansion of motor skills. Also, the practice of figure skating contributes to the formation of proactive behaviors by improving the mental and social abilities of practitioners.

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Early Specialization in Youth Sport

Cited by 12 publications

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From childhood to senior professional football: elite youth players’ engagement in non-football activities

From childhood to senior professional football: elite youth players’ engagement in non-football activities

Wat zijn de risico’s van vroege sportspecialisatie op de gezondheid van kinderen?

Student Perceptions of Motor, Mental and Social Benefits and the Impact of Practicing Recreational Figure Skating

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