Open AccessDetermining Youth Profile using Principle Component Analysis for Identifying Talent in Sports
Author(s) -
Siti Musliha Mat-Rasid,
Mohamad Razali Abdullah,
Ahmad Bisyri,
Husin Maliki,
Azura Norlaila,
Rabiu Muazu Musa,
Muhammad Rabani Hashim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.b1052.0782s719
Subject(s) - principal component analysis , anthropometry , flexibility (engineering) , multivariate statistics , identification (biology) , component (thermodynamics) , statistics , engineering , psychology , mathematics , geography , botany , physics , archaeology , biology , thermodynamics
This study attempts to determine youth profile in sports talent identification program. Data of anthropometric and physical fitness included power, agility, speeds, flexibility, strength and endurance were obtained from 600 participants in a sports talent identification program aged 13-15 years. Data analyses were carried out using multivariate analysis of principal component analysis (PCA). PCA revealed three principal components with 71.5% total variation for this studied group. The first component consists of high factor loading in speed variables (10 meter run, 20 meter run, 40 meter run) and endurance (predicted VO₂ max). The second component was constituted by anthropometric variables (weight, height, sitting height and armspan). While third component contains flexibility variable (sit and reach). These selected variables of anthropometric and fitness are, therefore, revealed as the essential attributes those must be prioritized for a talent scouting in sports. Present results had demonstrated youth profile that capable of providing an information that could help coaches in decision making during athlete selection in sports talent identification.