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| Title |
Psychological Characteristics in Talented Soccer Players – Recommendations on How to Improve Coaches’ Assessment
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00041 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lisa Musculus, Babett H. Lobinger |
| Abstract |
Psychological characteristics, including personality traits and psychological skills, have been shown to be relevant predictors of soccer performance. In research, general and sport specific standardized self-report questionnaires have been applied in psychological diagnostics of sports talent. However, with regard to the assessment of psychological characteristics of talented soccer players, a gap between research and practice is apparent. While soccer clubs often ask their coaches to assess their players on self-designed, unevaluated scouting sheets, research widely neglects expert coaches' and clubs' perspectives on relevant performance characteristics. As we believe that expert coaches' assessments could be a valid predictor of a player's current performance and future success, we provide recommendations on how to improve coaches' assessment of psychological characteristics. As the quality of the assessment of psychological characteristics is crucial, we provide recommendations on how to ensure the central diagnostic standards: objectivity, reliability, and validity in talent assessment. Further, we argue that assessing psychological characteristics should combine self ratings of players and external ratings of coaches in talent development. Sport psychologists should assist clubs and coaches in improving the diagnostics of psychological characteristics as well as in embedding psychological diagnostics and interventions in the talent development process. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| Ireland | 3 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 76% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 186 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 186 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Researcher | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 18% |
| Unknown | 62 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 73 | 39% |
| Psychology | 22 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 7 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Unknown | 67 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 47. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 November 2023.
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