The influence of parents in identifying and developing Australian female tennis talent Young, Janet A. and Pearce, Alan J. 2011, The influence of parents in identifying and developing Australian female tennis talent, Journal of medicine and science in tennis, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 22-27. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads pearce-theinfluence-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 648.05KB 176 Title The influence of parents in identifying and developing Australian female tennis talent Author(s) Young, Janet A. Pearce, Alan J. Journal name Journal of medicine and science in tennis Volume number 17 Issue number 1 Start page 22 End page 27 Total pages 6 Publisher Society for Tennis Medicine and Science Place of publication San Mateo, Calif. Publication date 2011 ISSN 1567-2352 Keyword(s) athlete development tennis parents Summary This study investigated the role of parents in developing Australian female professional tennis players. Top WTA ranked Australian singles players (n=10) and their parents (n=10) responded to written questionnaires. Participants were asked to recall their tennis background and describe the current role of parents and compare these to possible earlier roles. Further, participants were asked to make recommendations to parents who wanted to help a player develop her talent. A series of inductive content analyses was conducted to analyze the data. These analyses revealed a significant, and changing, role of parents in a development process extending over 10 years. Sacrifices were necessary in order to pursue a tennis career but positive benefits were generally reported by players and their parents. The importance of a caring and respectful home environment for aspiring players was highlighted. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Society for Tennis Medicine and Science Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050071 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 Jan 2013, 13:10:44 EST Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 10:51:35 EST Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 10:53:35 EST Wed, 16 Jan 2013, 11:01:37 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 20:19:22 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:38:35 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:22:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 270 Abstract Views, 178 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Jan 2013, 13:10:31 EST by Jane Moschetti