Project management: Prof. Dr. Volker Scheid, Andreas Albert, Dr. Helga Adolph, (student assistants: Martin Busch, Ina Merkel)

Duration: 1.2006 - 6.2010

Based on the central results of the research project "Evaluation of the state cooperation program: talent search, talent promotion, in Hesse", this follow-up project deals with the questions of entry into the talent development groups (TAG), the change from talent development groups to talent promotion groups (TFG) and the motor development of the primary school children supported in the talent development groups.

The aim of the research project is to determine which measures, strategies and selection criteria are used in the search for and selection of talent. On the other hand, with regard to talent selection and the transition to the talent development group, the measures and criteria for successful, sport-related continuation in the development system are to be investigated.
The second focus of the study is the performance level and performance development of the TAG children. As the effectiveness of TAG training is repeatedly questioned in the current debate and has hardly been systematically investigated to date, the performance development of TAG children is to be examined longitudinally in an experimental control group design.