Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 278 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018) The Promise of a Holistic Ecological Approach to Study Badminton Talent Development in Indonesia Hysa Ardiyanto Caly Setiawan Master Program in Sport Sciences Faculty of Sport Sciences Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Yogyakarta, Indonesia Yogyakarta, Indonesia
[email protected] [email protected] Abstract—the current research in talent development using mixed doubles category in Badminton World Federation the holistic ecological approach highlights the vital role of the (BFW) World Rankings Week 28 updated on 12 July 2018. environment. Theoretically, athletic talent development’s environment contributes to the success of youth athletes’ Even though Indonesian badminton talent development transition to elite senior levels. The international achievement has gained success in international stage, research addressing of Indonesian badminton seems to be inviting for investigation this topic is limited. What seems to be well documented in the as it fulfills the criteria of successful talent development literature about badminton in Indonesia includes some aspects environment. Unfortunately, little is known about badminton’s such as the effects of training method towards badminton talent development environment in Indonesia. The existing skills [7, 8, 9], the development of badminton skill learning research tended to focus on individual athletes and [10, 11] and physical test for badminton talent identification underestimated the environment as an important factor. This [12]. In general, the research on sport talent in Indonesia paper aims to review literature in talent development in sport tended to focus on the individual athlete and underestimated concept and research from the holistic ecological perspective.