Beyond Performance: Guidelines to Create Holistic Talent Development Environments (Executive Summary)

Modern day high-performance sport is arguably more competitive than ever before. National teams, clubs and sport programmes therefore focus on identifying talented athletes and developing them into the sporting superstars of tomorrow through structured talent systems and tailored talent development environments (TDEs).
Recently, however, concerns have been raised over the short and long-term physical, psychological and social impact of young athletes participating in the talent development process.