The Searching and Selection of Athletes with Special Sport Ability for The Developing of National Sport

Abstract

From present situation, many countries begin to pay attention to the searching and developing of athletes with special sport ability or talent in many aspects. The searching and identifying people who have special sport ability or talented in sport has become an important role in the developing of various programs in many kinds of sports, consequently, many countries turn to pay attention to develop the criteria or indicators for selecting people with special sport ability which will be an important factor for the victory of their countries in the international sport competitions. As for the small countries with fewer population than powerful countries like the USA, Russia or Germany, they seem to have less opportunity in finding athletes with special sport ability, in fact they can be more successful if they have more effective and better system in selecting and identifying the athletes who have special sport ability. This article aims to present the process of searching and identifying athletes with special sport ability in Thailand. If we have effective system and co-operation between the government and private organizations, we can be accepted and successful like other countries which has reputation in world class sport competitions in the near future.