The Influence of the Family in the Development of Talent in Sport
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Côté, Jean
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2016-05-30
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The purpose of the present study was to describe patterns in the dynamics of
families of talented athletes throughout their development in sport. Four families,
including three families of elite rowers and one family of an elite tennis
player were examined. The framework provided by Ericsson, Krampe, and
Tesch- Römer (1993) to explain expert performance served as the theoretical
basis for the study. Ericsson et al. suggested that the acquisition of expert
performance involves operating within three types of constraints: motivational, effort, and resource. In-depth interviews were conducted with each athlete,
parent, and sibling to explore how they have dealt with these three constraints.
A total of 15 individual interviews were conducted. Results permitted the identification
of three phases of participation from early childhood to late adolescence:
the sampling years, the specializing years, and the investment years.
The dynamics of the family in each of these phases of development is discussed
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0888-4781