• Dr.T.Siva Prasad

ABSTRACT: Everyone has ability, but it is not distributed equally or predictably. There are opportunities to develop physically, emotionally and socially and to discover hidden talents, learn about oneself and develop a new sense of competence and self-worth. This applies to coaches as well as athletes. Often ability is a gift of birth but that doesn't guarantee success. From a more contemporary perspective, Peltola (1992) defined talent identification as the process by which children are encouraged to participate in sports in which they are more likely to succeed, based on results of testing parameters. These parameters have been shown to predict future performance, taking into account the child's current level of fitness and maturity. Russell (1989) went beyond the identification of talent and proposed that scientific perspective on the pursuit of excellence in sport be broken down into 4 key stages: Detection, selection, identification and development. For each sport that is conducting a talent identification program there needs to be an ideal accepted model for both the factors that influence sporting performance and talent identification that athletes and coaches can compare their own abilities with those athletes that resemble or are closer to the model being select for elite junior programs. These ideal models can be formulated by taking measurements of elite performances at events such as Olympic Games, world championships and other high-level events (Bompa 85)

Talent, Sports ,Games,.Etc.

"TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SPORTS AND GAMES: CONCEPTS AND ITS PRINCIPLES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 10, page no.484-489, October-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701918.pdf

"TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SPORTS AND GAMES: CONCEPTS AND ITS PRINCIPLES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 10, page no. pp484-489, October-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701918.pdf