Readiness for competition and early specialisation Flashcards

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Passer and Wilson 2002 identified 3 prerequisites for readiness for competition as?

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motivational readiness

cognitive readiness

physical readiness

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Motivational readiness occurs when

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child actively seeks opportunities for social comparison

wishes to evaluate his/her ability relative to peers

benefits more from competition than unstructured play

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Motivational readiness age categories identified by paste and wilson 2002 are

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self-referenced 0-2.5
compete for opportunity 2.5-4
social comparison 4-6
active competition 6-9 (earlier in boys)

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Pascuzzi 1981 did a running race study which found

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placing affects post race self-concept and expectancy beliefs

influenced boys not girls

impacted affective responses, perceptions of ability and expectancy for future success

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Butler 1996 paired artwork task found

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younger children more likely glance for ideas

older for more competitive reasons

ego climates gave more competitive reasons

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Donzella et al 2000 memory game found

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losing experienced: increased HR, tennis, impulsivity, anger and sadness

15% increase elevated cortisol; experienced anger/tension; more likely to be male

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Cognitive readiness determined by:

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informational processing abilities
attributional abilities
role-perspective

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Informational processing changes:

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before 4- easily distracted

10-12 memory impress

memory capacity improves late childhood’ more sophisticated and less cue dependent

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Attributional changes

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children 4-7 attribute outcome to task difficulty

less able to rationalise success and failure

differentiate ability an effort at 9-12. better adapting to failure

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Role perspective

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egocentric before 6

6-8 understand other views

8-10 understand and accept said views

10-12 group prospective

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Parental readiness identified by Smoll and Cumming 2006 shows readiness when

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  • respect childs right to compete
  • allows child to sample sports
  • avoids reverse dependency trap
  • share child with coach
  • avoid being over-protective
  • accept childs disappointments
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Physical readiness when

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primary reason for sports is to display competence

motor skills not fully mature until 8-9

vairaibiliy in physical and motor development is large

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less competent athletes experience

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  • less success, playing time and enjoyment
  • less attention
  • greater anxiety and self-handicapping
  • minimum effort
  • more likely to drop out
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late specialisation success story

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Jim lui (golf) didn’t play till 7

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Cote et al 2007 defined specialisation as

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early involvement in sport

limit participation to single sport;year round

emphasis on deliberate practice

athletic excellence is primary objective

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Baker 2003 identified driving factors for specialisation as

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  • societal emphasis
  • professionalisation and commercialism
  • time at top level limited
  • expansion and intensification of practice/strategies
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17
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Ericsson et al 1993 support for specialisation was

law et al 2007 support for specialisation was

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10 year prep rule

increased emphasis on deliberate practice aided skill acquisition in olympic gymnasts

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Ronbeck et al 2004 found evidence against specialisation saying

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elite nordic skiers more time skiing in all styles

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Barynina et al 1989 found evidence against specialisation saying

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russian swimmers specialised earlier shorter careers

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Moesch et al 2011 found evidence against specialisation saying

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elite danish athletes specialised later on average

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Soberly & Cote 2003 evidence against specialisation saying

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elite ice hockey more time deliberate play than practice

22
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Guellich et al 2006 studied germane olympic divers finding

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early success and training frequency did not predict future success

most successful:
didn’t specialise early
sampled sports for longer
more training in others sports completed than early specialisation

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Hecimovich 2004, Wiersma 2000 and Malina 2010 found pros and cons as

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Pros
-oppurtunity to excel
-scholarships
fringe benefits

cons

  • phyiscal injury
  • loss transferable skills
  • loss of childhood
  • over dependence
  • family life and education
  • social isolation
24
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examples for against maturation

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Todd Marinovich and Greg norman

25
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AAP 2000 position suggests avoiding early excessive training by

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  • encourage participation in multiple sports
  • seek educated coaches
  • identify signs of risk
  • monitor child development
  • assess nutritional intake
26
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Cote et al 2009 ISSP position is that

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early diversification

1) does not hinder elite participation
2) linked to longer sports career and involvement
3) fosters position youth development
4) emphasis on play; fosters intrinsic motivation
5) builds broad and transferable cognitive/motor skill set
should be encouraged up tp ages 13-15

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who came up with ISSP prospective?

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Cote et al 2009

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year was AAP position established?

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2000

29
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Who discussed pros and cons of early specialisation?

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Hecimovich 2004, Wiersma 2000 and Malina 2010

30
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Who did germane olympic development study?

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Guellich et al 2006

31
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Who did elite nordic skier study?

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Ronbeck et al 2004

32
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who did russian swimmer study?

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Barynina et al 1989

33
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who did elite danish athlete study?

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Moesch et al 2011

34
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Who did elite ice hockey study?

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Soberlak and Cote 2003

35
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who came up with 10 year prep rule?

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Ericsson et al 1993

36
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who suggested early specialisation increased emphasis on deliberate practice

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law et al 2007

37
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who suggested driving factors for early specialisation?

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Baker 2003

38
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Who defined specialisation?

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Cote et al 2007

39
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Who did memory game

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Donzella et al 2000

40
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who did paired artwork task

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Butler 1996

41
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Who did running race study?

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Pascuzzi 1981

42
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Who came up with 3 prerequisites for readiness for competition

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Passer and Wilson 2002