A Comparison Of The Physical And Anthropometric Qualities Explanatory Of Talent In The Elite Junior Australian Football Development Pathway.Pdf, Carl Woods, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
Jul 2017
A Comparison Of The Physical And Anthropometric Qualities Explanatory Of Talent In The Elite Junior Australian Football Development Pathway.Pdf, Carl Woods, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
Ashley Cripps
Objectives: To compare the physical and anthropometric qualities explanatory of talent at two develop-mental levels in junior Australian football (AF).
Design: Cross-sectional observational. Methods: From a total of 134 juniors, two developmental levels were categorised; U16 (n = 50; 15.6 ± 0.3 y), U18 (n = 84; 17.4 ± 0.5 y). Within these levels, two groups were a priori defined; talent identified (U16; n = 25; 15.7 ± 0.2 y; U18 n = 42; 17.5 ± 0.4 y), non-talent identified (U16; n = 25; 15.6 ± 0.4 y; U18; n = 42; 17.3 ± 0.6 y). Players completed seven physical …
Biological Maturity And The Anthropometric, Physical And Technical Assessment Of Talent Identified U16 Australian Footballers.Pdf, Ashley Cripps, Christopher Joyce, Carl Woods, Luke Hopper
Jun 2016
Biological Maturity And The Anthropometric, Physical And Technical Assessment Of Talent Identified U16 Australian Footballers.Pdf, Ashley Cripps, Christopher Joyce, Carl Woods, Luke Hopper
Ashley Cripps
This study compared biological maturation, anthropometric, physical and technical skill measures between talent andnon-talent identified junior Australian footballers. Players were recruited from the under 16 Western Australian Football
League and classified as talent (state representation; n=25, 15.70.3 y) or non-talent identified (non-state representation; n=25, 15.60.4 y). Players completed a battery of anthropometric, physical and technical skill assessments.
Maturity was estimated using years from peak height velocity calculations. Binary logistic regression was used to identifythe variables demonstrating the strongest association with the main effect of ‘status’. A receiver operating characteristiccurve was used to assess the level of discrimination provided by the …
Coaches’ Perceptions Of Long-Term Potential Are Biased By Maturational Variation, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
Jun 2016
Coaches’ Perceptions Of Long-Term Potential Are Biased By Maturational Variation, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
Ashley Cripps
Talent identification and development programs seek to recognise and promote athletes with long-term potential in aparticular sport. Coaches involved in these programs are often required to make inclusion or exclusion decisions based on their perceptions of an athlete’s long-term potential. However, biological maturity can influence physical capabilities ofadolescent athletes and may bias coaches’ perceptions of long-term potential. This study explored the relationshipbetween coaches’ perceptions of long-term potential and variations in athlete’s biological maturity. Talented adolescent
male Australian footballers (n=264) from nine different teams were recruited to provide basic anthropometric information
for estimates of biological maturity. Coaches from each team were …
Anthropometric, Fitness And Coaches’ Perceptions Of Technical Skill Favour Early Maturing Adolescent Australian Footballers. Poster 1.21.Pdf, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
May 2015
Anthropometric, Fitness And Coaches’ Perceptions Of Technical Skill Favour Early Maturing Adolescent Australian Footballers. Poster 1.21.Pdf, Ashley Cripps, Luke Hopper, Christopher Joyce
Ashley Cripps
During mid-adolescence, biological maturity can vary greatly between athletes of similar
chronological ages, resulting in early maturing athlete’s benefiting from greater anthropometric and
fitness characteristics, when compared to their late maturing counterparts. In Australian Football,
advantages associated with early maturation may also result in greater technical and perceived skill
efficiency. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of maturational status on
anthropometric and fitness testing, technical skill efficiency and coaches’ perceptions of skill in
talented adolescent Australian Footballers (n=225, age 15.64 ± 0.29 years). An estimation of years
from peak height velocity (Y-PHV) was used to class …
