How Do We Identify Great Talent? - Dr Adam Kelly
Published 2024-07-23
How do we identify talent, how do we then nuture it and are we letting talent slip through the cracks without us being aware? Adam is at the forefront and wealth of knowledge in the mechanisms of talent identification research and strategies to help us develop talent.
Expect to learn; why we put the individual first, why being born in the start of the year can give you an advantage, why we shouldn’t just select on age, strategies to best identify talent and much more.
00:00 Principles of Talent Identification
03:35 Putting the Individual First in Talent Identification
08:16 Understanding the Social and Cultural Context of Talent Identification
20:31 Navigating the Sport-Specific Landscape in Talent Identification
31:22 Addressing Biases in Talent Identification
45:08 Creating the Right Environment for Individual Development
46:55 The Dominance of Big Fish in a Small Pond
48:23 The Psychological Struggle of Facing Challenges
49:22 Shifting Focus from Team Performance to Individual Development
57:24 Sport-Specific Solutions: Birthday Banding, Playing Up or Down Age Groups, Corrective Adjustments
01:02:41 Understanding the Impact of Playing Down Age Groups
01:13:46 Corrective Adjustments to Create More Accurate Representations of Performance
01:18:09 Age-Ordered Bibs to Consciously Consider Age in Talent Identification
01:26:48 The FIFA Talent Development Scheme: Creating Global Competitiveness
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