Appreciating Factors Beyond the Physical in Talent Identification and Development: Insights From the FC Barcelona Sporting Model

FC Barcelona is a multi-sport organization that adopts a talent identification approach that emphasizes the technical, psychological, and perceptual–cognitive attributes. It is unclear within this type of sporting selection model whether the relative age effect (RAE) exists. Consequently, the aim of...

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Main Authors: Greg Doncaster, Daniel Medina, Franchek Drobnic, Antonio José Gómez-Díaz, Viswanath Unnithan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspor.2020.00091/full