All Outputs (3)

Exploring Talent Identification in Australian Rules Football: The Nuances of the Athlete Recruitment Process (2022)
Journal Article
Larkin, P., Bonney, N., Dugdale, J. H., Kittel, A., & Reeves, M. J. (2022). Exploring Talent Identification in Australian Rules Football: The Nuances of the Athlete Recruitment Process. Journal of Expertise, 5(4), 169-183

The process of talent identification and recruitment is a key element of the elite athlete talent pathway. As such, it is important to understand the information and specific processes used by expert recruiters to inform talent identification decisio... Read More about Exploring Talent Identification in Australian Rules Football: The Nuances of the Athlete Recruitment Process.

Men Are from Quartile One, Women Are from? Relative Age Effect in European Soccer and the Influence of Age, Success, and Playing Status (2022)
Journal Article
Andrew, M., Finnegan, L., Datson, N., & Dugdale, J. H. (2022). Men Are from Quartile One, Women Are from? Relative Age Effect in European Soccer and the Influence of Age, Success, and Playing Status. Children, 9(11), Article 1747. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111747

The relative age effect (RAE) is characterised by an overrepresentation of athletes born earlier in the selection year. Whilst an RAE is consistently evident in male soccer, examinations in female players remain limited. The aim of the present study... Read More about Men Are from Quartile One, Women Are from? Relative Age Effect in European Soccer and the Influence of Age, Success, and Playing Status.

Making the Cut: Coaches and the Deselection of Young Athletes (2022)
Book Chapter
Neely, K. C., & Dugdale, J. H. (2022). Making the Cut: Coaches and the Deselection of Young Athletes. In M. Toms, & R. Jeanes (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport (175-184). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003199359-20

Deselection (or being cut) is the elimination of an athlete from a competitive sport team based on the decisions of the coach. Deselection requires coaches to make judgments and decisions about the ability of athletes and their suitability for a team... Read More about Making the Cut: Coaches and the Deselection of Young Athletes.