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Title
Developmental pathways of Malaysian National sports school athletes
Type
Article
Main Author
Zulezwan Ab Malik
Additional Authors
  • Tan, Angelina Li San
  • Low, Jeffrey Fook Lee
Subject
GV Recreation Leisure
Language Code
eng
Bibliographic Details
Place of Production
Tanjong Malim
Publisher
Fakulti Sains Sukan dan Kejurulatihan
Year of publication
2019
Degree Type
Not related
Corporate Name
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract

Substantial research compared between specializing and diversifying in a particular sport but few scrutinised across multiple sports. This study examined the developmental pathways taken by individual sport (IS) and team sport (TS) athletes from two Malaysian national sports schools. Student athletes (N=117) aged 16 and above completed the Participation History Questionnaire. Information pertaining to the participant’s main sport and other sports he/she was engaged in was obtained. In comparison with TS athletes,the IS athletes were found to have a significant later start for most of their sport-relatedmilestones (p < 0.05). However, the IS athletes (M = 14.3 y, SD = 1.7) started competing ininternational competitions significantly earlier than the TS athletes (M = 15.3 y, SD = 1.1; p = 0.004, d = -0.72) and only the IS athletes reported competing in the Commonwealth, World and Olympic championships. Interestingly, the IS athletes (M = 2.5 sports, SD = 1.3) participated in significantly more other team sports compared to TS athletes (M= 1.7 sports, SD = 0.7), t(95) = 4.03, p

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