出版社：International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE)
摘要：Consideration of maturity is recommended in the talent identification anddevelopment process. Skeletal age (SA), prediction of age of peak height velocity(APHV) and an estimation of biological maturation by coaches’ eye of 121 soccerplayers were compared. The SA of soccer players was 13.9 ± 1.1 years, and did notdiffer significantly from chronological age (CA). Agreement between the SA-CAclassifications and APHV was 65.5%. Spearman rank-order correlation (rs) betweenmaturity classifications was moderate, kappa (k) was 0.25. Agreement between SA-CAclassifications and coaches’ eye was 73.9%. The rs between maturity classificationswas strong, k was 0.48, which was better than the widely used APHV assessment.Therefore, estimations of experienced coaches seem to be an acceptable alternativemethod for classifying maturity in youth athletes.
关键词：skeletal age; age at peak height velocity; coach estimation; maturation; young;athletes
