Fuhre Jan, Øygard Arild, Sæther Stig Arve
Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Sports (Basel). 2022 Jan 18;10(2):14. doi: 10.3390/sports10020014.
The main aim of this study was to examine which criteria coaches considered in the talent identification of youth male soccer players aged 13-16. The second aim was to describe how the coaches considered these criteria when identifying players for their club or regional teams and how these criteria take the impact of the relative age effect into consideration.
We conducted qualitative, semi-structured interviews with six male coaches from a professional club academy or a regional team within the Norwegian Football Federation.
In line with earlier research, the results showed that the coaches considered the technical, tactical, and mental factors as the most important in talent identification. Further in line with earlier research, they considered that the physiological and sociological factors were of secondary importance, while anthropometric measures were considered the least important. Regarding the relative age effect, the coaches were aware of the effect and its consequences, while few of them had ways to reduce the effect and its impact on their talent identification process. Even so, the coaches highlighted the importance of considering a holistic approach to talent identification.
The results show similarities with earlier research, but there is still a need for more longitudinal studies that investigate criteria for talent identification in youth football.
本研究的主要目的是考察教练在识别13至16岁青年男性足球运动员的天赋时考虑了哪些标准。第二个目的是描述教练在为其俱乐部或地区球队识别球员时如何考虑这些标准，以及这些标准如何考虑相对年龄效应的影响。
我们对挪威足球联合会下属的一个职业俱乐部青训营或一个地区球队的六名男性教练进行了定性的半结构化访谈。
与早期研究一致，结果表明教练认为技术、战术和心理因素在天赋识别中最为重要。进一步与早期研究一致的是，他们认为生理和社会学因素次要，而人体测量指标被认为最不重要。关于相对年龄效应，教练们意识到了这种效应及其后果，但他们中很少有人有办法减少这种效应及其对他们天赋识别过程的影响。即便如此，教练们强调了采用整体方法进行天赋识别的重要性。
结果显示与早期研究有相似之处，但仍需要更多纵向研究来调查青少年足球天赋识别的标准。
