Abstract
Research on talent and performance development has primarily focused on inter-individual differences. However, research suggests that performance and the underlying determinants change over time, in an individual-specific dynamic way. This chapter illustrates a method to measure, understand, and visualize the performance- and psychosocial dynamics of a talented adolescent athlete. During one season, a talented tennis player filled out an online diary questionnaire twice a week. We visualized the results using R-scripts that we made openly available. This facilitated the interpretation of the athlete’s performance- and psychosocial dynamics, which are influenced by particular events in the athlete’s life. Altogether, the current study provides insight into how the adolescent and the context interact and mutually affect each other in successive iterations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Psychosocial Development in Adolescence |
| Subtitle of host publication | Insights from the Dynamic Systems Approach |
| Editors | E. Saskia Kunnen, Naomi N. P. De Ruiter, Bertus F. Jeronimus, Mandy A. E. Van der Gaag |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 13 |
| Pages | 209-222 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315165844 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138055568, 9781138055551 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Adolescent Development |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
Keywords
- talent development
- dynamical systems
- visualization
- sport performance
- tennis
- Intra-individual variability
Datasets
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Materials from Van der Sluis et al 2018 (Visualizing Individual Dynamics: The Case of a Talented Adolescent)
van der Sluis, J. (Creator), van der Steen, S. (Contributor), Stulp, G. (Contributor) & den Hartigh, R. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 14-May-2018
DOI: 10.34894/cbfiv0
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