Routledge handbook of talent identification and development in sport / edited by Joseph Baker, Stephen Cobley, Jörg Schorer and Nick Wattie.

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CW807

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part 1: Talent identification] Does Talent Exist? Yes! / Dean Keith Simonton -- Does Talent Exist? A re-evaluation of the nature-nurture debate / Paul Ward, Patrick Belling, Erich Petushek and Joyce Ehrlinger --
Conceptions of Giftedness and Talent / Christiane Fischer-Ontrup and Christian Fischer -- How Contemporary International Perspectives Have Consolidated a Best-Practice Approach for Identifying and Developing Sporting Talent / Juanita R. Weissensteiner -- Why Conceptualizations of Talent Matter: Implications for Skill Acquisition and Talent Identification and Development / Nick Wattie and Joseph Baker -- On the Efficacy of Talent Identification and Talent Development Programmes / Arne Güllich and Stephen Cobley -- Applied Statistics for Practitioners and Researchers / Dirk Büsch and Urs Granacher.

[Part 2: Talent development] Sport Activity in Childhood: Early specialisation and diversification / Paul R. Ford and A. Mark Williams -- Method in the Madness: Working towards a viable ‘paradigm’ for better understanding and supporting the athlete pathway / Juanita R. Weissensteiner -- Talent Identification and Development in the Context of "Growing Up" / Robert M. Malina, Sean P. Cumming, Manuel J. Coelho e Silva and António J. Figueiredo -- Psychological Factors in Developing High Performance Athletes / Anne-Marie Elbe and Johan Wikman -- Family Influences on Talent Development in Sport / Camilla J. Knight --
Understanding Environmental and Task Constraints on Talent Development: Analysis of micro-structure of practice and macro-structure of development histories / Keith Davids, Arne Güllich, Richard Shuttleworth and Duarte Araújo -- Perceptual-Cognitive Training: The next piece of the puzzle / Florian Loffing, Norbert Hagemann and Damian Farrow -- Windows of Optimal Development / David I. Anderson and Anthony M. Mayo -- Could Sports Biomechanics Provide the Missing Pieces to the Talent Identification and Development Puzzle? / Paul Stephen Glazier -- Longitudinal Studies of Athlete Development: Their importance, methods and future considerations / Stephen Cobley and Kevin Till.

[Part 3: Creating optimal environments] Creating Optimal Environments for Talent Development: An Holistic Ecological Approach / Kristoffer Henriksen and Natalia Stambulova -- On the (Potential) Value of Coaching / Steven B. Rynne, Bob Crudgington, Rebecca K. Dickinson and Clifford J. Mallett -- Group Cohesion and Athlete Development / Mark Eys, Todd M. Loughead and Michael Godfrey -- Applied Motor Learning: Optimal environments for successful development / Adam D. Gorman and Ian Renshaw -- Understanding Dropout in the Athlete Development Process / Carsten Hvid Larsen and Dorothee Alfermann -- A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilful Sailor: Optimizing and exploiting the rocky road in talent development / Dave Collins and Áine MacNamara.

[Part 4: Health and development concerns] Understanding Underrecovery, Overtraining and Burnout in the Developing Athlete / Maximilian Pelka and Michael Kellmann -- Medical Perspectives on Talent Development in Youth Sports / Tamara John and Cordelia W. Carter -- Developing Talent While Promoting Positive Youth Development: A balancing act / Jessica Fraser-Thomas, Theresa Beesley, Lauren Dickler, Meghan Harlow, Alexandra Mosher, Cassidy Preston and Lauren Wolman -- High Performance Sport and Athlete Health / Srdjan Lemez and Fieke Rongen -- Issues of Maltreatment in High Performance Athlete Development: Mental toughness as a threat to athlete welfare / Gretchen Kerr and Ashley Stirling.

[Part 5: Emerging issues] The Role of Analytics in Assessing Playing Talent / Bill Gerrard -- Talent Development in Parasport / Joseph Baker, Srdjan Lemez, Andy Van Neutegem and Nick Wattie -- The Structured RePsychling of Talent: Talent transfer / Tracy Rea and David Lavallee -- Talent Policies/ Eivind Åsrum Skille, Cecilia Stenling and Josef Fahlén -- Concluding, But Definitely Not Conclusive, Remarks on Talent Identification and Development / Jörg Schorer, Nick Wattie, Steve Cobley and Joseph Baker.