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JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
卷 34, 期 20, 页码 1957-1964出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1149213
关键词
Puberty; youth athletes; talent development; adolescence
资金
- Lawn Tennis Association
Growth and maturation impact the selection, development and progression of youth athletes. Individual differences in the growth and maturity may afford a performance advantage, clouding coaches and practitioners' perceptions regarding current ability and future potential. This may result in the exclusion of talented, yet less physically gifted athletes. Participants were 91 male (n=47) and female (n=44) elite British Junior tennis players, 8-17years of age (12.5 +/- 1.9years). Height and body mass were measured and compared to growth charts; hand-wrist radiographs were taken. Skeletal age (SA) was estimated with the Fels method and contrasted to chronological age (CA). Mean height and body mass of individual players ranged between the 50th and 90th centiles for age and sex. Females were advanced in SA relative to CA (0.3-0.89years.) from 8years. Males were average to delayed in maturation from 8 to 12years, but advanced in SA from 14 to 16years (0.75-1.23years). Individual differences in growth and maturation appear to contribute towards the selection of elite junior tennis players, with a bias towards males and females who are advanced in maturation and comparatively tall and heavy for their age. This has important implications for talent identification and development.
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