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The Development of Talent in Sports: A Dynamic Network Approach
Joint Authors
van Geert, Paul L. C.
Hartigh, Ruud den
Hill, Yannick
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-08-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Understanding the development of talent has been a major challenge across the arts, education, and particularly sports.
Here, we show that a dynamic network model predicts typical individual developmental patterns, which for a few athletes result in exceptional achievements.
We first validated the model on individual trajectories of famous athletes (Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Sidney Crosby, and Lionel Messi).
Second, we fitted the model on athletic achievements across sports, geographical scale, and gender.
We show that the model provides good predictions for the distributions of grand slam victories in tennis (male players, n=1528; female players, n=1274), major wins in golf (male players, n=1011; female players, n=1183), and goals scored in the NHL (ice hockey, n=6677) and in FC Barcelona (soccer, n=585).
The dynamic network model offers a new avenue toward understanding talent development in sports and other achievement domains.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hartigh, Ruud den& Hill, Yannick& van Geert, Paul L. C.. 2018. The Development of Talent in Sports: A Dynamic Network Approach. Complexity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hartigh, Ruud den…[et al.]. The Development of Talent in Sports: A Dynamic Network Approach. Complexity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hartigh, Ruud den& Hill, Yannick& van Geert, Paul L. C.. The Development of Talent in Sports: A Dynamic Network Approach. Complexity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-13.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1136665