At the turn of the millennium, a review paper was published in this journal on talent
identification and development in soccer (Williams & Reilly, 2000). In the current paper, we …

Athletes are exposed to various psychological and physiological stressors, such as losing
matches and high training loads. Understanding and improving the resilience of athletes is …

The importance of optimal well-being and mental health in elite athletes has received
increasing attention and debate in both the academic and public discourse. Despite the …

Objectives The validity of sporting talent is hotly contested by those working, watching, and
participating in sport in its variety of forms. Despite considerable research attention to …

Research suggests that elite athletes are at increased risk of poor mental health, partly due
to the intense demands associated with top-level sport. Despite growing interest in the topic …

Youth sport is habitually promoted as an important context for learning that contributes to a
person's broader development beyond sport-specific skills. A growing body of research in …

Abstract Background Self-Compassion may be seen as a concept contrary to the aims of
athletes engaged in competitive sport. This could be accentuated at more elite levels, where …

In recent years, high-performance sport has seen a rising interest in Psychological Safety, a
construct with a strong empirical basis in certain business contexts. As research and practice …

Although there has been considerable growth in talent identification and development
research in sport over the last 20 years, in this commentary we argue that the mixed quality …

Relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs) is a widely adopted model, originally proposed
by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) expert panel in 2014 and recently updated in …