“Let's Pick Him!”: Ratings of Skill Level on the Basis of in-Game Playing Behaviour in Bantam League Junior ICE Hockey

Rating a player's skill level is an essential task for coaches to select the players with greatest potential to reach the top and to further be able to adjust the training program to the skill level of the player in order to most optimally facilitate the player's learning and performance. However, limited research exists on how they do this. This study examined the association between in-game playing behaviours and observers' ratings of skill …