Talent development environments in sport in selected African countries as perceived by young elite football players.
Most African football nations need to strengthen their talent development environments (TDEs) in sport in order to nurture young elite players at the level of global competitiveness. However, despite the established importance of the environment to the striving and thriving of athletes, studies on T...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 355 - 373 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192465238&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192465238 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1612197X UXG jtl: International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology issn: 1612197X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 24 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 192465238 10.1080/1612197X.2025.2451024 ppf: 355 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 485KB tig: atl: Talent development environments in sport in selected African countries as perceived by young elite football players. aug: au: Tachom Waffo, Boris Hauw, Denis affil: Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland su: Cameroon West Africa Côte d'Ivoire Morocco North Africa Africans Talent development Soccer training Elite athletes sug: subj: Africans Cameroon West Africa Côte d'Ivoire Morocco North Africa Talent development Soccer training Elite athletes keyword: Africa football talent development environment TDEQ-5 young athlete Africa football talent development environment TDEQ-5 young athlete ab: Most African football nations need to strengthen their talent development environments (TDEs) in sport in order to nurture young elite players at the level of global competitiveness. However, despite the established importance of the environment to the striving and thriving of athletes, studies on TDEs in African football academies are scarce. This study's objectives were twofold: (a) to test the reliability of the French version of the TDEQ-5 across three representative French-speaking African countries: Morocco (North Africa), Cameroon (Central Africa) and Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa), and (b) to assess and compare the quality of their TDEs in football. A sample from the three African countries selected consisted of 504 male academy footballers aged between 10 and 23, who completed the French version of the TDEQ-5. Confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency analysis revealed a fair model fit of the TDEQ-5, therefore allowing its use in this context. However, the TDEQ-5's factor of social support network was omitted in the comparisons because of low internal consistency. For the remaining four TDEQ-5 features, Moroccan players had the most favourable perception, while Cameroonian and Ivoirian players shared similar and less favorable perceptions of their TDEs. Across the selected countries, long-term development focus and holistic quality preparation were a strength and an area of improvement respectively. These findings suggest that the TDEQ-5 tends to validate differences and similarities in TDEs in sport between North, Central, and West African countries. It thus emerges as a reliable instrument to monitor and support the talent development journey of African academy footballers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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