Investigating Talent Development Environment in Football: Application of Athlete Talent Development Environment Model

Considering the importance of talent identification in the championship sports, and the key role of the environment in this process, the present work examines the talent development environment in football with the Athlete Talent Development Environment (ATDE) model approach. The method was descriptive-survey, applied and field in terms of type, purpose, and method, respectively, which were analyzed using the SPSS20 and Smart PLS3 software. According to the findings, the talent development stage was the most important stage of this process, which required a lot of coordination between all its dimensions in order to develop the talent identification process.