Characteristics of expert development in rhythmic gymnastics: A retrospective study

By Madelyn P. Law, J. Côté, Anders K. Ericsson. 2007

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. J. Côté
2. David J. Hancock
3. J. Fraser-Thomas
4. J. Baker
5. J. Deakin
6. S. Cobley
7. K. Nandagopal
8. B. Young

In Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

1. J. Côté
2. J. Fraser-Thomas
3. David J. Hancock
4. J. Baker
5. S. Cobley
6. J. Deakin
7. B. Young
8. K. Anders Ericsson

Citations in the corpus

• Evidence-based policies for youth sport programmes (2016, methodology): “Using this methodology, a series of studies were conducted with groups of expert and non-expert athletes (e.g., Baker et al. 2003a, 2003b, 2005, Soberlak and Côté 2003, Law et al. 2007, Berry et al. 2008) to refine the DMSP and provide clarity on its different outcomes and trajectories.”
• ISSP position stand: To sample or to specialize? Seven postulates about youth sport activities that lead to continued participation and elite performance (2009, background): “Furthermore, intense and repeated training in one sport at a young age has been associated with higher rates of injury (Law et al., 2007), which ultimately has an effect on the length of a sport career.”
• An Evaluation of Personal and Contextual Factors in Competitive Youth Sport (2009, background): “The demographic questionnaire was completed with the help of a parent or guardian because collaboration with a parent has been found to increase the reliability of retrospective information ( Law, Cote, & Ericsson, 2007 ).”
• Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (2014, background): “Although there are many examples of early specialized sports training, it appears that such training may be necessary in those technical sports that require elite-level competition prior to full maturation such as gymnastics or rhythm gymnastics, figure skating, and swimming/diving.(133,134) This ty”
• Giftedness and evidence for reproducibly superior performance: an account based on the expert performance framework (2007, background): “For example, Law et al. (2007) found that world-class rhythmic gymnasts started their careers by studying classical ballet, a technically demanding form of dance, as children.”
• What do we know about early sport specialization? Not much! (2009, background): “A recent study by Law, Côté, and Ericsson (2007) used retrospective methods to examine training patterns of elite gymnasts throughout development.”
• 20 years later: deliberate practice and the development of expertise in sport (2014, background): “…(28) Males – Young (20) 6001 ± 2659 7516 ± 3739 Career to date Six sportspecific activities considered DP; no expert comparison groups No between group tests Law et al. (2007) Gymnastics Olympic (6) International (6) 18,835 ± 2936 6686 ± 2198 At 16 years of age All sportspecific training…”
• The role of deliberate practice and play in career progression in sport: the early engagement hypothesis (2009, unknown): “Based on the findings from a number of studies (Baker, 2003 ; Baker, Cote, & Abernethy, 2003a , 2003b ; Cote, 1999 ; Law, Cote, & Ericsson, 2007 ), Cote et al.”