Apr 21, 2019
Dr. Joe Baker is one of our favorite people in talent
development, sport specialization, and long term athlete
development, and our conversation this week does not disappoint. We
talk about David Epstein's new book Range, discuss sport
specialization, as well as the relative age effect, what great
coaching looks like, how poor the evidence shows we are at talent
ID, our broken talent ID system, and so much more. This is one you
are going to want to take some notes on!
Baker is a Professor and the head of the Lifespan Health and
Performance Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology and Health
Science at York University, Canada. He is a world-leader in
research on talent identification and high performance athlete
development and has held visiting researcher/professor positions in
the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. His research considers
the varying influences on optimal human development, ranging from
issues affecting athlete development and skill acquisition to
barriers and facilitators of optimal aging. Joe is author/editor of
8 books and hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
He works with several Canadian high performance sports teams (e.g.,
Golf Canada, Wheelchair Basketball Canada) and organizations (e.g.,
Own the Podium, the Canadian Sport Institutes/Centres, the Canadian
Paralympic Committee) in their quests for international success.
More info on his research can be found at
yorku.ca/bakerj
Connect with Joe Baker
Highlights from the Podcast:
Min 10: Being a generalist vs being a specialist
Min 15: How do parents help our kids diversify in sport?
Min 19: What sports transfer well to one another?
Min 25: What role does motivation play in athlete
development?
Min 29: Is High performance sport a healthy
pursuit?
Min 35: What are the effects of early
specialization?
Min 37: Accuracy of professional sports drafts in
predicting career potential (We are terrible at it!)
Min 45: What skills need to be developed in order to be
successful at the highest levels?
Min 55: What are the consequences of early
identification?
Resources Mentioned
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