Promoting a skills-based agenda in Olympic sports: the role of skill-acquisition specialists
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We highlight the importance of promoting a skills-based agenda in the development and preparation of Olympic athletes. The role that specialists with a background in skill acquisition can play is illustrated and the need to move towards a culture where evidence-based practice permeates all aspects of this process reiterated. We provide examples from contemporary research to illustrate how skill-acquisition theory and practice can help inform and guide practitioners, coaches, and administrators in their quest to develop Olympic athletes. Although the acquisition and refinement of skills are essential to performance in most Olympic sports, paradoxically the area of skill acquisition has not impacted in a concerted and meaningful way on this agenda. Skill-acquisition specialists need to be more proactive in forging links with elite sport, whereas practitioners, coaches, and administrators need to appreciate the important role that sports scientists with a background in this area can play in helping to develop future generations of podium athletes.
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- Authors
- Williams, A. M., & Ford, P. R.
- Affiliations
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Williams, A. Mark
- Venue
- Journal of Sports Sciences
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-05-14
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 1381-1392
- ISSN
- 0264-0414 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-447X
- OpenAlex
- W2108899985
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 7.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Sports Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Sports and Physical Education Research
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Sports Science and Education
- Keywords
- skill acquisition, Olympic athletes, elite athlete development, evidence-based practice, sports science, coaching, athlete preparation, skill refinement
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Learning, Motor Skills, Sports, Task Performance and Analysis, Teaching, Athletic Performance, Athletes
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