The Athletic Skills Model by Wormhoudt, René; Savelsbergh, Geert J.P.; Teunissen, Jan Willem;

Optimizing Talent Development Through Movement Education

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Edition number 1
Publisher Routledge
Date of Publication 24 October 2017

ISBN 9781138707320
Binding Hardback
No. of pages304 pages
Size 234x156 mm
Weight 566 g
Language English
Illustrations 91 Illustrations, black & white; 31 Halftones, black & white; 60 Line drawings, black & white; 16 Tables, black & white

Short description:

The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories, focusing on health and wellbeing. The emphasis is on ‘physical intelligence’, creating a skilled athlete before introducing sport-specialization.

Long description:

The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education, focusing on health and wellbeing. It places the emphasis on ‘physical intelligence’ – including attributes such as agility, flexibility and stability – through adaptable and varied training programmes, creating a skilled athlete before introducing sport specialization.

The book sets out the scientific underpinnings of the ASM before going on to offer practical guidance on the content of the programme, how to adapt and vary the programme, and how to apply the approach to different age groups and sports. The ASM’s application in the youth development programme at AFC Ajax is explored in depth, before a future of talent development with an emphasis on athletic, rather than sport-specific, expertise is imagined.

The Athletic Skills Model introduces an important and timely challenge to conventional wisdom in talent development and is a fascinating read for any upper-level student or researcher interested in youth development, skill acquisition, motor learning or sports coaching, and any coaches wanting to refresh their approach to talent development.

Part I: The Foundation 1. The Basics of the Athletic Skills Model (ASM) 2. Talent Development 3.Training Adolescents 4.Goal-directed Motor Learning: From Theory to Practice Part II: The Athletic Skills Model 5.ASM Building Block 1: Basic Movement Skills (BMS) 6. ASM Building Block 2: Coordinative Abilities (CA) 7. Building Block 3: Conditions of Movement (COM) 8. The Athletic Skills Model in the Field Part III: Introduction Case Studies 9. Case Study: The Athletic Skills Model Applied to the Youth Development Program at AJAX Football Club 10. Case Study: Designing a Landscape of Affordances to Invite Actions - The Athletic Skills Track at Ajax FC. Epilogue: The Future for Talent Development - No Specialists, but Athletes with a Specialization?

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