Early excellence and future performance advantage

Tiantian Wang, Yaping Zhong and Xin Wei

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the impact of athletes achieving excellence at different ages (excellent age) on their subsequent performance development. The aim was to deepen understanding of the interplay among talent, training, and athletes’ performance development. Additionally, the study aimed to provide insights for athletics coaches to better identify talent and devise more effective personalized long-term training plans. Design: This was a cross-sectional study. Method: A hierarchical linear model was employed to analyze the correlation between excellent age and subsequent performance development in a cohort of 775 elite track and field athletes. This analysis was expanded upon by the application of a general linear regression model, which was used to explore the relationship between excellent age and peak age, peak performance, as well as the growth in performance during adulthood. Results: As athletes reached excellence at later ages, their peak performance exhibited a U-shaped pattern(p

Date: 2024
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