Karim Tayara
I am a Sports Science student at Brunel University currently undergoing a placement year at West Ham United FC. I work within the Academy's Sports Science & Medicine department, which involves work with different sectors of the department including Sports Psychology, Sports Science, Strength & Conditioning, Sports Rehabilitation and GPS.
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The attainment of sports expertise has been of great interest to coaches and sport psychologists. Talented athletes are identified from a young age and enter programmes to help them develop into elite athletes. A range of factors may influence a coach's judgement on the potential of an athlete, whether it’s...
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1. Background In this article three developmental pathways to expertise in the field of sport were critically analysed. Activity patterns were explored and compared, in an attempt to find trends in footballers that reached top-level performance as an adult. 2. Findings There are three current pathways to expertise that exist...