Highlights•Recent work in athlete development has focused on enhancing practice.•There is
increased interest in self-regulated learning to maximize practice.•Environmental factors like
siblings and parents remain important.•There has been increasing interest in the value of
diversification.•Researchers have embraced more complex and intricate study designs.The
development of elite, high performance athletes reflects the complex interaction of biological
and genetic factors with important environmental influences. Over the past two decades …