Abstract:
The purposes of this study were (1) to develop the indicators of talented football players characteristics; (2) to test the efficiency of the test; and (3) to construct the norms of the U-14 Thailand national football players and the U-14 general football players by using test of indicators of talented football players characteristics. They were 4 stages of research procedure as follow: (1) to study the documents for evaluate the indicator and the characteristic of talented football player; (2) to construct the research instruments; (3) to study the quality of research instrument and (4) to construct the norms of the test. It was found that the characteristic indicators of talented football player were consisted of 3 components as follow: (1) the physiological characteristics 10 indicators, (2) the psychological characteristics 5 indicators and (3) football skills characteristics 5 indicators for players testing and 2 indicators for goalkeepers testing. The test was consisted of 20 items for players testing and 18 items for goalkeepers testing. It was found out that the content validity was at 0.76 (IOC) for players testing and 0.77 (IOC) for goalkeepers testing. The construct validity was statistically significant at .05 in all items except the characteristic indicators testing for goalkeeper skills. The reliability of the test was also significant at .05 in all items. There were 2 norms of referenced for the U-14 Thailand national football players and the U-14 general football players which researcher constructs by making the level of performance criteria in 5 levels: very good, good, fair, low and very low. The results can be concluded that: the test in field situation which was used for evaluating the characteristic of talented football player in 3 components (the physiological characteristics, the psychological characteristics and football skills characteristics for player and goalkeeper) was high quality in content validity, construct validity and reliability. Norms as well as the level of performance criteria were constructed. Test manual with details was also constructed to test and to select the talented football player