Parkour as a Donor Sport for Athletic Development in Youth Team Sports: Insights Through an Ecological Dynamics Lens

Parkour as a Donor Sport for Athletic Development in Youth Team Sports: Insights Through an Ecological Dynamics Lens

Abstract Analyses of talent development in sport have identified that skill can be enhanced through early and continued involvement in donor sports which share affordances (opportunities for action) with a performer’s main target sport. Aligning key ideas of the Athletic Skills Model and ecological...

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Main Authors: Ben William Strafford, Pawel van der Steen, Keith Davids, Joseph Antony Stone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-05-01
Series:Sports Medicine - Open
Subjects:
Affordances
Athletic development
Athletic Skills Model
Donor sport
Early diversification
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40798-018-0132-5

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