Chilean National Sports Talent Detection System: Influence of Biological Age, Sex, and Geographic Area

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.3390/jfmk10010006
dc.creatorGuevara-Araya, Ariel
dc.creatorCurripan-Henríquez, Samuel
dc.creatorAguilera-Julio, Juan
dc.creatorAntinao-Soto, Ana
dc.creatorAraneda, Oscar F.
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:50:51Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:50:51Z
dc.description<p>The purpose of this study was to assess the methodology for selecting sports talent in the Chilean Promising Athletes Program (CPAP). Methods: The standing broad jump (SBJ), medicine ball chest throw (MBCT), thirty-meter running sprint (RS-30), Agility-T (T-test), and height were analyzed in 3060 schoolchildren from Chile, grouped by sex, age, geographical area (north, central and south) and maturity status at peak height velocity (PHV) in pre-, circa-and post-PHV. Results: Superior differences were found in boys for all age ranges in SBJ, RS-30, T-test, and MBCT (p &lt; 0.05). Girls were taller than boys until the age of 12 years (p &lt; 0.01) with a reversal of this trend after 13 years old (p &lt; 0.001). In geographical grouping, higher scores in SBJ, RS-30, and T-test were found in the central zone for boys and girls (p &lt; 0.05). In both sexes, higher scores for the northern zone in MBCT (p &lt; 0.01) and height (p &lt; 0.05) are observed. Among selected talents, when comparing post-PHV vs. pre-PHV the differences are superior in all tests for post-PHV in girls and for MBCT and height (p &lt; 0.05) in boys. In circa-PHV vs. post-PHV in MBCT, T-test, and RS-30 only girls (p &lt; 0.05) were superior in post-PHV. For pre-PHV vs. circa-PHV, RS-30, and height (p &lt; 0.05), both sexes were superior in circa-PHV. There are differences between talents selected by physical tests and technical aspects (p &lt; 0.05). Conclusions: The results show variations in physical and anthropometric tests in schoolchildren by age, sex, geography, and maturity status that should be considered for talent selection.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/e2d2bf2d-114b-4bf7-ad1e-11637b3459f2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/56841
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.10 (2025) nr.1
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectbio-banding
dc.subjectbiological maturity
dc.subjectpeak height velocity
dc.subjectphysical tests
dc.subjectsports talents
dc.titleChilean National Sports Talent Detection System: Influence of Biological Age, Sex, and Geographic Areaeng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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