Talent selection in youth football: Technical skills rather than general motor performance predict future player status of football talents

Vorschaubild nicht verfügbar
Autor:innen
Sieghartsleitner, Roland
Zibung, Marc
Charbonnet, Bryan
Conzelmann, Achim
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
12.11.2019
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01B - Beitrag in Magazin oder Zeitung
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS)
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
4
Ausgabe / Nummer
Seiten / Dauer
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
Praxispartner:in/Auftraggeber:in
Zusammenfassung
Recommended multidimensional models for talent selection are difficult to implement for practitioners in the field. Furthermore, their application has not been established from a scientific point of view, with a lack of clarity concerning how to integrate manifold test results with respect to loading, interaction, and compensation phenomena. Consequently, the question of powerful single predictors for future player status are still of interest within talent research in order to determine promising content for less extensive selection procedures. The aim of the current study is an immediate comparison of the prognostic validity of two frequently used areas within talent selection in youth football: general motor performance (e.g., speed and endurance) and specific motor performance (i.e., technical skills). Participants completed four general and four specific motor performance tests at early adolescence (U13/U14, 133 players) and middle adolescence (U16/U17, 85 players). The area under the curve (AUC) from the receiver operating characteristic was used to compare the prognostic validity of both motor performance areas (predicting U20 player status: professional vs. non-professional). Although no comparison at the four different age levels led to a significant difference (.07 ≤ p ≤ .65), there was a continuous superiority of specific over general motor performance in descriptive AUC values. These descriptive differences reached relevant extent within early adolescence (ΔAUCU13 = .09; ΔAUCU14 =.14) and were partially accounted for by the influence of biological maturation. In line with theoretical considerations and earlier research, these results provide further evidence of the superiority of specific over general motor performance in predicting future player status. Until the applicability of multidimensional models is further established, specific motor performance rather than general performance should be included in less extensive talent selection models, especially in early adolescence.
Schlagwörter
Soccer, Talent identification, Physical fitness, Ttechnical skills, Biological maturation
Fachgebiet (DDC)
300 - Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Projekt
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
2414-6641
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Nein
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Lizenz
Zitation
SIEGHARTSLEITNER, Roland, Claudia ZUBER, Marc ZIBUNG, Bryan CHARBONNET und Achim CONZELMANN, 2019. Talent selection in youth football: Technical skills rather than general motor performance predict future player status of football talents. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS). 12 November 2019. Bd. 4. DOI 10.15203/CISS_2019.011. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/33704