The Development of Talent in Sports: A Dynamic Network Approach
Table 2
Achievements in individual sports according to archival and simulated data.
Sport
Measure
Actual titles
Simulated titles
Tennis (m)
Athletes with 0 titles
1439
1417.60 ± 9.38
Maximum number of titles
18
21.96 ± 7.62
Beta coefficient ()
−3.32
−3.59 ± 0.21
Tennis (f)
Athletes with 0 titles
1231
1183.10 ± 8.90
Maximum number of titles
22
20.46 ± 8.99
Beta coefficient ()
−3.26
−3.58 ± 0.24
Golf (m)
Athletes with 0 titles
911
937.92 ± 8.54
Maximum number of titles
14
16.40 ± 7.73
Beta coefficient ()
−3.40
−3.64 ± 0.26
Golf (f)
Athletes with 0 titles
1098
1099.74 ± 16.08
Maximum number of titles
10
20.62 ± 8.89
Beta coefficient ()
−3.64
−3.59 ± 0.25
Note. The measures include distributional characteristics of achievements for male (m) and female (f) tennis (grand slam titles), and for male (m) and female (f) golf (major titles). The averages and SDs under the simulated titles are based on 50 simulations of the entire populations.
