Abstract
Characteristics of Professional and Non-Professional Football Players – An Eight-Year Follow-Up of Three Age Cohorts
Highlights
Talent selection and identification have been significant issues in sport science research
Most studies have focused on finding the skills and abilities of the most talented players and, as a consequence, predict the future top-level players (Rees et al, 2016)
The talent identification process in both professional and amateur clubs has mainly been affected by several well-established assumptions about what characterizes a talented football player
Summary
Talent selection and identification have been significant issues in sport science research. The talent identification process in both professional and amateur clubs has mainly been affected by several well-established assumptions about what characterizes a talented football player These include the notions that talent is hereditary, that it is domain-specific, that a trained eye can identify talent at an early age, and that such early indicators predict future success (Durand-Bush & Salmela, 2001). These assumptions may lead to certain expectations about the characteristics of talented players and their path to elite-level football. One might expect the most talented players to be characterized by an extraordinary skill level in comparison to their peers, getting more playing time, enjoying competitions and experiencing greater success, having a sole focus on football as their main sport, being more ambitious, and training more in both organized and self-organized arenas
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