Non-Selection Flashcards
1
Q
Consequences Associated with Non-Selection
A
Cause distress
Negative physical, social and emotional outcomes
“Sport career death”
2
Q
How Non-Selection is Communicated
A
List outside door
Phone call
Email
Letter
3
Q
8 Key Recommendations for Communicating Athlete Selection (deselection)
A
- Provide clear expectations
Outline the selection process before tryouts - Ensure immediacy of feedback
Inform athletes ASAP - Protect privacy and confidentiality
Keep privacy, meeting in person is preferred - Support decision with encouragement
Provide positive encouragement - Be up front and honest
- Be direct with performance feedback
Generic comments are uncaring and less personal - Provide actionable feedback
In areas athletes could improve on and provide alternatives - Provide written feedback
So athletes could have it to review
4
Q
Elite Athlete Development 2 Facts
A
Birthplace Effect
Relative Age effect (RAE)
5
Q
Birthplace Effect
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- Birth place can influence achievement of elite level sport
- Cutis and Birch
Examined community size and elite athletes
Elite athletes were often from community sizes between 1,000 and 500,000
6
Q
Why is There a Birthplace Effect
A
- Environment plays a role
- Early life experiences
- Less opportunities or promotion of athletes development in smaller places
7
Q
Relative Age Effect
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- Occurs to people born after the cutoff date
Less likely to have academic problems
Less likely to be classified as learning disabled
Achieve more than younger classmates
8
Q
RAE in Sport Proposed Solution
A
- Changes in cut-off date
- Rotating cut- off date
- Altering age-grouping bandwidths
- Physical considerations (boxing)
9
Q
2 New Way to Group
A
- Like skill tiered grouping strategy
- Grouped by skill level
- Cross sectional group strategy - Equal skill level
- Skill tiered grouping is better
