School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Australia; Australian Institute of Sport, Australia.
Australian Institute of Sport, Australia.
J Sci Med Sport. 2019 Oct;22(10):1163-1172. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.05.008. Epub 2019 May 17.
Talent identification traditionally relies on the knowledge and perceptions of expert coaches to identify and predict potential future elite athletes. Experiential coach knowledge is a valuable source of information to guide research in this ill-defined and under-researched area. This review aims to synthesize current empirical understanding of coach knowledge as it relates to decision making in talent identification.
This systematic review and meta-synthesis used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines to identify relevant literature.
Eligible studies were critically appraised for quality, and key findings from the 14 studies were integrated to allow for thematic analysis.
The meta-synthesis revealed the key theme of 'instinct' as the primary contributor to coach decisions during talent identification. Subordinate themes informing coach instinct were 'drive and ambition', 'game intelligence' and 'physical and technical skills'.
Coaches appear to make decisions about talent based on their tacit knowledge or instinct. Understanding how coaches develop these instinctual 'feelings' may guide future research into talent identification and enhance our understanding of how experiential coach knowledge is developed and utilised in the daily training environment.
传统的人才识别依赖于专家教练的知识和认知，以识别和预测潜在的未来精英运动员。经验丰富的教练知识是指导该领域研究的宝贵信息来源，该领域定义不明确，研究不足。本综述旨在综合当前与人才识别决策相关的教练知识的实证理解。
本系统评价和元分析使用 PRISMA（系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目）指南来确定相关文献。
对 14 项研究进行了严格的质量评估，并整合了这些研究的关键发现，以进行主题分析。
元分析揭示了“本能”作为教练在人才识别过程中做出决策的主要因素。影响教练本能的次要主题包括“动力和野心”、“比赛智慧”和“身体和技术技能”。
教练似乎根据自己的隐性知识或本能做出人才决策。了解教练如何培养这些本能“感觉”，可能有助于指导未来的人才识别研究，并增进我们对经验丰富的教练知识如何在日常训练环境中发展和利用的理解。
