1. Task Influences
   1. Requirements of the activity
      1. Rules
      2. Required financial resources
      3. Physiological demands
      4. Time of year sport/exercise can be performed
      5. Cognitive demands
2. Environmental Influences
   1. Financial resources of the family
   2. Family preferences
   3. Personal preferences
   4. Peer preferences
   5. Geographic location
   6. Cultural preferences
   7. Quality of experience with youth coaches
   8. Early sucess/failure as a child in a specific sport/activity
   9. Quality of competition
   10. Genetic capacity
3. Organism Influences
   1. Growth
      1. Height & Weight
   2. Maturation
      1. Neuromusculoskeletal Maturation
         1. Strength
         2. Flexibility
         3. Mobility
         4. Balance
         5. Cardiovascular capacity
         6. Hypertrophy
         7. Power
         8. Speed
         9. Propioceptive control
      2. Cognitive Maturation
         1. Confidence
         2. Understanding of the rules
         3. Understanding of strategy
         4. Understanding of techniques
         5. Competetive
         6. Early sucess/failure as a child in a specific sport/activity
         7. Quality of experience with youth coaches
   3. Injury