Understanding High Achievement: The Case for Eminence

Frontiers in Psychology

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Joseph Baker¹  Jörg Schorer²  Srdjan Lemez³  Nick Wattie⁴ 

[1] School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University;Institute for Sport Science, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg;Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, California State Polytechnic University, United States;Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University

关键词: expertise;    sport;    development;    athlete;    training;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01927

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The development of the field of sport expertise over the past 20 years has been remarkable, and our understanding of the varying factors affecting athlete development and motor skill acquisition has expanded considerably. Recently, there has been a push toward more sophisticated research designs to continue the advancement of our understanding of sport expertise. Even in a population of performers at the highest levels of performance and competition (e.g., participants in professional sports or those who compete at Olympic Games), there are those with obvious superiority compared to others in the cohort, such as those who win “most valuable player” awards or who are elected to the Hall of Fame. This paper builds a case that athletes who reach this level of achievement possess a more advanced level of skill than those at the elite or expert stage and we refer to this stage of development as “eminence.” This paper explores the notion of eminence and provides converging forms of evidence for the division between expertise and eminence. Moreover, it explores the implications of this division for the further examination of skill acquisition across the lifespan.

【 授权许可】

CC BY