Browse Hierarchy SPOR5014: Talent Identification and Development

This module aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for the development of an understanding of the key factors that contribute to identifying and developing talented athletes across a range of sports. Specifically, students will examine the extent to which future performance abilities in sport are predictable and whether young performers with certain attributes and performance profiles are the most likely to succeed in realising that potential as future adult sports performers of note. They will also look at a range of current and former development systems in sport, both in this country and abroad, in order to consider the theoretical support for such practices. Analysis of key philosophies and approaches towards the development of talent will inform considerations of future best practice.