Traditional player development pathways share a common goal, to identify and accelerate the development of talented adolescent players for senior competition. Players who gain selection into development programs gain greater access to experienced coaches, training facilities, support staff and competition. However, despite such advantages, research has shown that few players who gain initial selection into development pathways progress into professional senior competition. A major factor which potentially contributes to poor player retention in development pathways is the initial misidentification of talented athletes due to variations in biological maturity. Earlier maturing individuals have been shown to be at a physical advantage over th...
Many high-performing Australian Football (AF) players appear to be better at \u27reading the play\u2...
The benefits of sports participation and physical activity in improving health for the general popul...
Water polo is a fast-growing adolescent sport that consists of swimming, defending and overhead shoo...
University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Health.Association football (soccer) is one of the most ...
Talent identification (TID) is a vital component within the recruitment process for all sporting bod...
Each of the four codes of professional football played in Australia (i.e., Rugby Union, Rugby Leagu...
The attainment of expertise has been the focus of research in many domains including music, chess an...
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of relative pitch size on the tactical, technical, ph...
Background: The management, prevention, and recognition of injuries forms an integral part of coache...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Business.This thesis explores the commercial elements o...
This study sought to investigate the whether the academy conformed to chronological and/or relative...
Introduction Rugby Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘rugby’) is a contact sport with players bein...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between selected psychological characte...
A paucity of research exists to characterise and investigate lower-body musculoskeletal characterist...
University of Technology, Sydney. School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism.This thesis is concerned with...
Many high-performing Australian Football (AF) players appear to be better at \u27reading the play\u2...
The benefits of sports participation and physical activity in improving health for the general popul...
Water polo is a fast-growing adolescent sport that consists of swimming, defending and overhead shoo...
University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Health.Association football (soccer) is one of the most ...
Talent identification (TID) is a vital component within the recruitment process for all sporting bod...
Each of the four codes of professional football played in Australia (i.e., Rugby Union, Rugby Leagu...
The attainment of expertise has been the focus of research in many domains including music, chess an...
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of relative pitch size on the tactical, technical, ph...
Background: The management, prevention, and recognition of injuries forms an integral part of coache...
University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Business.This thesis explores the commercial elements o...
This study sought to investigate the whether the academy conformed to chronological and/or relative...
Introduction Rugby Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘rugby’) is a contact sport with players bein...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between selected psychological characte...
A paucity of research exists to characterise and investigate lower-body musculoskeletal characterist...
University of Technology, Sydney. School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism.This thesis is concerned with...
Many high-performing Australian Football (AF) players appear to be better at \u27reading the play\u2...
The benefits of sports participation and physical activity in improving health for the general popul...
Water polo is a fast-growing adolescent sport that consists of swimming, defending and overhead shoo...