Longitudinal study of young athletes´ development: a multidimensional analysis

• Grant number: 18/06402-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2018
• End date: November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physical Education
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Rodrigues Paes
• Grantee: Roberto Rodrigues Paes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação Física (FEF). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Humberto Jorge Gonçalves Moreira de Carvalho ; Riller Silva Reverdito ; Thiago José Leonardi

Abstract

The path to the identification, selection and development young athletes is a complex and highly selective and exclusive process that requires multidimensional approaches based on scientific evidence. Thus, interpretation of growth, biological maturation, performance and impact of training loads in young athletes (children and adolescents) need to consider biological determinants and contextual influences of training and competition, not only on the reliability and validity of the measurements, but mostly on the consideration of appropriate statistical approaches that are able to deal with the complexity of the problems. In particular, the complex biological and contextual interactions in the interpretation and prediction of performance in youth sports indicate the need to consider multilevel modeling.The purposes of the present research are: (i) to characterize growth and maturity status, and indicators of sport readiness in young athletes within different contexts of training and competition (local club level, professional club, center of high performance); (ii) to examine the influence of training contexts on the development of sports´ commitment, attitudes and development of functional, technical and tactical capacities in young athletes; (iii) to examine changes in functional, technical and tactical capacities and behavioral characteristics within competitive season exposure across the developmental path to sport expertise, considering the influence of growth and maturation as well as training context; (iv) To study the sports coach, his / her competences and abilities to conduct the pedagogical process in the training of young athletes. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

THIAGO JOSÉ LEONARDI; MÔNICA CRISTINA STARAPOLI MARTINS; CARLOS EDUARDO DE BARROS GONÇALVES; ROBERTO RODRIGUES PAES; HUMBERTO JORGE GONÇALVES MOREIRA DE CARVALHO. Variações na performance tática e na autoeficácia de jovens meninas atletas de basquetebol. Rev. bras. cineantropom. desempenho hum., v. 21, 2019-08-08. (18/06402-7)

SOARES, ANDRE L. A.; LEONARDI, THIAGO J.; SILVA, JAQUELINE; NASCIMENTO, JUAREZ V.; PAES, ROBERTO R.; GONCALVES, CARLOS E.; CARVALHO, HUMBERTO M.. Performance, motivation, and enjoyment in young female basketball players: An interdisciplinary approach. JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES, v. 38, n. 8, MAR 2020. (18/06402-7)

LIMA, AHLAN B.; NASCIMENTO, V, JUAREZ; LEONARDI, THIAGO J.; SOARES, ANDRE L.; PAES, ROBERTO R.; GONCALVES, CARLOS E.; CARVALHO, HUMBERTO M.. Deliberate Practice, Functional Performance and Psychological Characteristics in Young Basketball Players: A Bayesian Multilevel Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, v. 17, n. 11, JUN 2020. (18/06402-7)

CARVALHO, HUMBERTO M.; LEONARDI, THIAGO J.; SOARES, ANDRE L. A.; PAES, ROBERTO R.; FOSTER, CARL; GONCALVES, CARLOS E.. Longitudinal Changes of Functional Capacities Among Adolescent Female Basketball Players. FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY, v. 10, APR 4 2019. (18/06402-7)