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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Player development"”.
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An Examination of Unwritten Rule Development in Men’s Ice Hockey
… sought to better understand at what point in the player development process did aspiring professional hockey players learn of, as well as consent to, ice hockey’s unwritten rules. How this process occurred was also under examination. While some research had been conducted relative to the …
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An investigation of talent identification processes in the youth academies of professional soccer clubs for male foundation phase players (5-11 years old)
… success for their club. Soccer clubs can sign players as young as 8 years old into their academy system, providing player development activities such as training and fixtures to help the player improve their overall game. However, TID processes within professional soccer academies hasn’t been …
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NBA Sleep Tracking Data Imputation
… to provide actionable insights that improve player sleep, a crucial component for player development. Motivated by existing work on time series data imputation, four main techniques are evaluated: K-Nearest Neighbors Regression, Linear Interpolation, Linear Regression, and Quadratic …
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Retrospective Practice Histories of Division I and Division II Female Basketball Players in the Carolinas
<p>Two frameworks have been proposed to for the development of sport expertise; early specialization (Ericsson et al., 1993) and early diversification (Cote, 1999). Ericsson et al. suggested expertise develops from early entry into a domain and engagement in thousands of hours of specialized …
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Socio-ecological factors in talent development in cricketers in a diverse society
… how environmental factors could influence talent development in cricket. Since democracy, there has been limited representation of Black African cricketers at the elite levels in South Africa. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to determine the role that socio-ecological factors may play in the …
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Exploring the associations of lower limb strength, injury and performance in academy football
… and match play due to injury can hinder the development of important football skills (i.e., tactical technical, physical and psychological) that are required to be successful at senior level. Evidence from senior cohorts has suggested that significant relationships exist between strength, …
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Moving towards an evidence informed approach to talent identification and development in Scottish soccer long term athlete development pathways.
… to optimise the identification of talent and the development of players to create a resource as first team players or sellable assets. Since the turn of the millennium, the literature that examines the impact of talent ID and development practices has predominantly been cross-sectional in nature, …
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The impact of long-term soccer-specific training on the physical development of elite junior soccer players
The goal of any soccer talent development programme is to guide players towards professional characteristics. In order to maximise this process it is essential to gain an insight into their individual characteristics. Within this specific population there are many factors from maturation, hormonal, …
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An Examination of Athlete Lifestyle Support for Elite Youth Cricketers on a National Development Programme
… practitioner within a National Cricket talent development programme for three years. This included, but was not limited to, planning and strategic meetings, training camps, school and county visits, international and domestic tours and matches. The depth of embeddedness provided rich insight of …
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Examining The Physical Demands of Elite Rugby League Match-Play
… demands of competition for an entire squad of players across an entire competitive season in the ESL, the first to examine the physical demands of match-play over multiple longitudinal seasons, and the first to examine the effects of different between match recovery periods on the running …