일본 스포츠 탤런트 발굴 · 육성 시스템 탐색

Abstract

It is well known that strengthening the national brand through olympic stars has brought hope and happiness to the people. From this background perspective, many countries, including Germany, Australia, and United Kingdom have also adopted sports talent identification and development(STID) as a national project and strategically invested government budgets to win medals in various international competitions, including the olympic games. In the case of Japan, STID’s policy endeavour have been attempted in earnest since around 2004, and voices have been raised on national countermeasures against low birthrates, polarization of sports participation, and women’s avoidance of sports. As a results, Japan ranked third in the Tokyo olympic game, which ended in August 2021, while Korea ranked 16th, the lowest in the top 10 with Beijing (7th), London (5th) in 2012, and Rio (8th) in 2016. This study aims to improve international performance against the backdrop of hosting the Tokyo olympic game in Japan and explore the transition process of the STID program that has been carried out for a long time as a national project from a future-oriented perspective. Through this exploration process, the purpose is to examine the characteristics of each type of talent identification and development in Japan by region and examines useful physical fitness tests and motor performance tests used to detect and select sports talents. The significance of the research is that the sports policies and inspection items investigated in this study are efficiently used to foster Korea’s sports gifted children in the future and contribute to improving international performance.