
Why How We Select Young Sporting Talent Is Probably All Wrong
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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The Importance of Maturation in Football
Maturation is one of the things the system should try and control for when making those selections. You really have to be patient and you have to be very convinced that you're going to catch up later. And then you have to put yourself in a position where you don't lose out because if you don't get selected to the team, you have to try to kind of think, okay, this is not the end of it.
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