A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification

Prior studies mostly focused on physical factors such as physical fitness, motor abilities, and anthropometry as indicators for talent identification (TID). However, there are two critical issues that have been emerging recently among young athletes, which are burn-out and early drop-out. Thus, this...

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Main Authors: Hamidi, Muhammad Noor Hizami, Norjali Wazir, Mohd Rozilee Wazir
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Published: RMP Publications 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100471/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359938196_A_Systematic_Review_on_Psychological_and_Physical_Factors_in_Talent_Identification
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1004712023-12-15T02:43:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100471/ A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification Hamidi, Muhammad Noor Hizami Norjali Wazir, Mohd Rozilee Wazir Prior studies mostly focused on physical factors such as physical fitness, motor abilities, and anthropometry as indicators for talent identification (TID). However, there are two critical issues that have been emerging recently among young athletes, which are burn-out and early drop-out. Thus, this study suggests to include another factor as an indicator for TID, which are psychological factors. The aim of this paper was to identify the psychological factors that would be good indicators for the TID programme along with the physical factors. This systematic review uses the PRISMA method to logically summarise the identified psychological and physical factors that would be good indicators for TID. A comprehensive electronic literature search was conducted via Google Scholar and open access journals. 30 literature selections were selected based on a few criteria. This systematic review conclude that a set of physical fitness, anthropometry, motor abilities and several psychological factors such as personality traits, emotional intelligence and grit should be included as TID indicators to select a physically talented athlete that have the psychological ability to endure the development process. A selected athlete might be physically competent but psychologically incompetent. This is the explanation of the importance of psychological factors must be included as indicators for the talent identification process in sports to avoid the current critical issues which are burn-out and early drop out among young talented athletes. However, a proper selection of psychological factors must be made to choose a good psychological indicator because an indicator for talent identification must be consistent throughout the time period. A longitudinal research method is required to provide more evidence for this theory RMP Publications 2022 Article PeerReviewed Hamidi, Muhammad Noor Hizami and Norjali Wazir, Mohd Rozilee Wazir (2022) A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification. Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 5 (1). pp. 7-21. ISSN 2600-9056 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359938196_A_Systematic_Review_on_Psychological_and_Physical_Factors_in_Talent_Identification 10.26666/rmp.jssh.2022.2.2
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description Prior studies mostly focused on physical factors such as physical fitness, motor abilities, and anthropometry as indicators for talent identification (TID). However, there are two critical issues that have been emerging recently among young athletes, which are burn-out and early drop-out. Thus, this study suggests to include another factor as an indicator for TID, which are psychological factors. The aim of this paper was to identify the psychological factors that would be good indicators for the TID programme along with the physical factors. This systematic review uses the PRISMA method to logically summarise the identified psychological and physical factors that would be good indicators for TID. A comprehensive electronic literature search was conducted via Google Scholar and open access journals. 30 literature selections were selected based on a few criteria. This systematic review conclude that a set of physical fitness, anthropometry, motor abilities and several psychological factors such as personality traits, emotional intelligence and grit should be included as TID indicators to select a physically talented athlete that have the psychological ability to endure the development process. A selected athlete might be physically competent but psychologically incompetent. This is the explanation of the importance of psychological factors must be included as indicators for the talent identification process in sports to avoid the current critical issues which are burn-out and early drop out among young talented athletes. However, a proper selection of psychological factors must be made to choose a good psychological indicator because an indicator for talent identification must be consistent throughout the time period. A longitudinal research method is required to provide more evidence for this theory
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author Hamidi, Muhammad Noor Hizami
Norjali Wazir, Mohd Rozilee Wazir
spellingShingle Hamidi, Muhammad Noor Hizami
Norjali Wazir, Mohd Rozilee Wazir
A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
author_facet Hamidi, Muhammad Noor Hizami
Norjali Wazir, Mohd Rozilee Wazir
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title A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
title_short A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
title_full A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
title_fullStr A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
title_full_unstemmed A systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
title_sort systematic review on psychological and physical factors in talent identification
publisher RMP Publications
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100471/
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