The role of deliberate practice and play in career progression in sport: the early engagement hypothesis

By Paul R. Forda, P. Wardb, Nicola J. Hodgesc, M. Williamsa. 2009

347 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. David J. Hancock
2. A. Mark Williams
3. C. Harwood
4. Paul R. Ford
5. M. Haugaasen
6. G. Jordet
7. Dale Forsdyke
8. J. Côté

In Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

1. David J. Hancock
2. C. Harwood
3. Dale Forsdyke
4. A. Mark Williams
5. Paul R. Ford
6. M. Haugaasen
7. G. Jordet
8. A. Fonseca

In Social Psychology

1. David J. Hancock
2. C. Harwood
3. A. Mark Williams
4. Dale Forsdyke
5. Paul R. Ford
6. D. O’Connor
7. Paul Larkin
8. Adam Gledhill

Citations in the corpus

• Evidence-based policies for youth sport programmes (2016, background): “For instance, a number of researchers view youth sport as the initial step in talent development programmes that are aimed at developing the performance of elite-level athletes (e.g., Ford et al. 2009).”
• Developing football expertise: a football-specific research review (2012, background): “It seems that elite youth footballers participate in one or two sports outside football and this number decreases as age and the amount of time spent in football increases (Ford et al., 2009; Ford & Williams, 2008; Leite et al., 2009; Ward et al., 2007).”
• Talent development in sport: A critical review of pathways to expert performance (2016, background): “Retrospective studies examining the development of elite athletes suggest that sport participation includes involvement in a number of other types of activities that differ from deliberate practice and deliberate play.(35,64) Côté et al.”
• Perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport and its acquisition: implications for applied cognitive psychology (2011, background): “Moreover, we examine the extent to which perceptual-cognitive skills are specific to a particular sport and role within that sport or whether there is evidence to support the notion that these skills are transferable and generalise across different contexts.”
• Psychological Capital and Career Outcomes among Final Year University Students: the Mediating Role of Career Engagement and Perceived Employability (2020, background): “Our findings not only confirm the assumed mediation path from psychological capital to the readiness for STWT and career success but also show support for the early career engagement hypothesis (Ford et al. 2009).”
• Psychosocial factors associated with talent development in football: A systematic review (2017, background): “On a 16 theoretical level, these findings support the notion of the Early Engagement Hypothesis (EEH; 17 Ford et al., 2009) which posits that football-specific practice and play between the ages of six 18 and 12 will strongly contribute to talent development.”
• Does Grit Influence Sport-Specific Engagement and Perceptual-Cognitive Expertise in Elite Youth Soccer? (2016, methodology): “Conversely, less gritty players may be less inclined to partake in extensive periods of domain-specific engagement, thus less likely to sustain the long periods of practice needed for successful performance (Ford et al., 2012; Ford et al., 2009; Ford & Williams, 2012; Ward et al., 2007).”