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An athlete's perspective: Comparing talent development environments for boys and girls in Western Australia youth soccer

Mikayla Lyons, Jenny A Conlon, Sophia Nimphius, Brad S Keller, Christopher Joyce

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching · 2024

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This study aimed to compare the perceptions of boys and girls regarding their gender-specific talent development environments (TDEs) in state-level youth soccer. Seventy-one players (girls, n = 35; boys, n = 36) aged 11–18 years completed the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5), Sports Motivation Scale (SMS-6), Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q), and Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancies (SEOE) of strength training questionnaire. Mann–Whitney U tests and Hedges’s g effect sizes were used to identify group differences. Boys scored higher for TDEQ-5 subdimensions: long-term development focus, alignment of expectations, and holistic quality preparation. For the CART-Q, boys perceived greater coach commitment, whilst girls perceived greater coach complementari

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1177/17479541241231363
Catalogue ID
SNmojg03zs-lni8dk
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