Great Britain Hockey 93026 GBH Talent Development Framework Booklet | Page 8

Player
At the heart of the Talent
Development Framework is
the Player, and should be the
central focus in the creation
of effective development
environments.
The Player refers to the
individual athlete and the
personal (physiological,
psychological, social and
emotional) qualities required
to achieve the End in Mind
characteristics and deliver
when it matters – both on and
off the pitch.
Great Britain Hockey has
identified nine interacting and
connected qualities that sit at
the heart of a player’s hockey
DNA, and vital for a GB Hockey
‘Player’ to achieve the End in
Mind.
As a result of this interaction
and relationship, the qualities
of the Player are not seen as a
series of separate or discrete
silos but intimately connected,
where developments in each
quality will not only influence
the other in various ways but
will also impact what the player
can get from and give to the
other two pillars of the TDF – the
Environment and the Game.
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