Event Title
Talent development and RAEs: Looking for more than one point in time
Location
Room 320, Norman Bethune College, York University (Toronto, ON)
Start Date
17-10-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
17-10-2018 2:00 PM
Description
Talent development and relative age effects: Looking for more than one point in time From the beginning, relative age effects have been considered as an impediment to personal development (see Musch & Grondin, 2001 for a review). While this basic hypothesis implies a longitudinal perspective on these effects, research with a developmental focus is scarce. In this talk, I will present the current state of the science on this topic and will present new research from our lab focusing on this perspective. These studies will focus on findings from elite soccer, national basketball youth development, and German handball talent. Together these studies will demonstrate that a single look at one point in time might not tell us the whole story regarding relative age effects and that longitudinal research is necessary.
Talent development and RAEs: Looking for more than one point in time
Room 320, Norman Bethune College, York University (Toronto, ON)
Talent development and relative age effects: Looking for more than one point in time From the beginning, relative age effects have been considered as an impediment to personal development (see Musch & Grondin, 2001 for a review). While this basic hypothesis implies a longitudinal perspective on these effects, research with a developmental focus is scarce. In this talk, I will present the current state of the science on this topic and will present new research from our lab focusing on this perspective. These studies will focus on findings from elite soccer, national basketball youth development, and German handball talent. Together these studies will demonstrate that a single look at one point in time might not tell us the whole story regarding relative age effects and that longitudinal research is necessary.
Comments
Jörg Schorer, Ph.D., is a full professor of sport and movement science at the Institute of Sport Science at the Carl-von-Ossitzky University in Oldenburg, Germany. He is currently the director of the institute of Sport Science and was prodean of the faculty from 2015 to 2017. He did his PhD at the University of Heidelberg and his habilitation at the University of Münster. His research focuses on elite sport over the life-span. He has published more than 80 studies, many of them examining empirical and conceptual issues regarding the relative age effect. His expertise is additionally valued in the field of elite sport, where he works with the German Handball Federation and the German Baseball Federation.