Talent identification and development: an academic review.

By A. Abbott, Dave Collins, R. Martindale, K. Sowerby. 2002

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Nonsense, common sense, and science of expert performance: Talent and individual differences (2014, background): “…that is used in most sports-selection situations, whether in the 1980s Romanian gymnastics system (e.g., see Wood, 2010), 2006 Australian skeleton team (Bullock et al., 2009) various other sports in other countries (see Wolstencroft, 2002 for a review) or in the modern NFL football system.”
Surveillance and conformity in competitive youth swimming (2010, background): “, 1995) and increase potential for injury and dropout (Wolstencroft, 2002; Salguero et al., 2003).”
Three Worlds: new directions in participant development in sport and physical activity (2012, background): “Certainly, the subsequent development and deployment of a positive work ethic can result in unexpected and non-linear changes in development and performance (Abbott et al., 2002), reflecting the dynamic conception of talent.”
The Standard Model of Talent Development and Its Discontents (2013, background): “Although there has been limited research on the causal relationships between playful learning and expert performance, there is a growing body of literature that supports the claim that such activities contribute to the development of what are usually called Fundamental and Specialized Movement Skill”