- Title
- The role of anthropometric, performance and psychological attributes in predicting selection into an elite development programme in older adolescent rugby league players
- Creator
- Tredrea, Matthew; Dascombe, Ben; Sanctuary, Colin E.; Scanlan, Aaron Terrence
- Relation
- Journal of Sports Sciences Vol. 35, Issue 19, p. 1897-1903
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2016.1241418
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- This study aimed to identify attributes that discriminate selected from non-selected players and predict selection into a rugby league development programme in older adolescent players. Anthropometric, performance and psychological attributes were measured in under-16 (N = 100) and under-18 (N = 60) rugby league players trialling for selection into a development programme with a professional Australian club. Sprint times (P < 0.001), predicted VO2max (P = 0.002) and push-ups1 min (P = 0.004) were superior in selected under-16 players, and sprint times (P ≤ 0.045), push-ups1 min (P < 0.001) and chin-ups1 min (P = 0.013) were superior in selected under-18 players. Further, 10-m sprint (β = −7.706, standard error [SE] = 2.412), VO2max (β = 0.168, SE = 0.052) and body mass (β = 0.071, SE = 0.023) significantly predicted selection (R² = 0.339) in under-16 players, while push-ups1 min (β = 0.564, SE = 0.250), 10-m sprint (β = −68.477, SE = 28.107), body mass (β = 0.360, SE = 0.155) and chronological age (β = −3.577, SE = 1.720) significantly predicted selection (R² = 0.894) in under-18 players. These findings emphasise the importance of performance attributes in junior rugby league and indicate talent identification test batteries should be age-specific in older adolescent players.
- Subject
- football; juniour; mental toughness; talkent identification; fitness
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1391969
- Identifier
- uon:33313
- Identifier
- ISSN:0264-0414
- Language
- eng
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