Development of Characteristic Indicators for Identifying Talented Youth Football in Meizhou, Guangdong

Abstract

Background and Aim: Sport is important to the people and the country in terms of improving the quality of life promoting health, cultivating sportsmanship, making pride, and economic development of the country. The development of athletes' potential and elevating the standard of the national sport requires knowledge and processes. The research aims to develop the indicators of special abilities of youth football players and create normal criteria for the indicators of talent of youth football players classified by playing positions. Materials and Methods: The Population and sample are 20 teams, 320 male youth football players in Meizhou city, and high-potential youth football players aged between 16-18 years. The research process is as follows: 1) study relevant documents, textbooks, research papers, and literature to determine competency indicators; 2) present the draft indicator prototype to experts and experts for review to consider its validity; 3) collect test data; 4) create normal criteria and scoring criteria of the talent indicator test for youth football players; 5) connoisseurship Talented Indicator of special abilities of youth football players by 11 experts. Using descriptive statistics such as percentages, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation for analyzing the data. Results: The results obtained talent indicators of special abilities of youth football players and normal criteria for talent indicators of special abilities of youth football players in 4 areas: 1. Physiology and physical fitness; 2. Body composition; 3. Football skills; and 4. Cognitive function, which can be applied in examining youth football athletes with outstanding abilities or in selecting youth football athletes to represent the country in international competitions including used to check the strengths and shortcomings of athletes. Conclusion: This study has developed normal criteria for indicators of special abilities of youth football players using the Normalized T-score method by setting the score criteria into 5 levels that correspond to the T-score and percentile. However, the normal criteria obtained from this research study can be used to evaluate potential and genius in youth football. This will give you information about football players' youth with special abilities or important characteristics that are likely to be successful in sports at the highest level internationally in the future.