準確選拔深具潛力之青少年，給與科學系統化之訓練，是成為高水準選手必要之 歷程。因此，運動選材，將來會是一門受重視的學問領域，因為所有運動項目，將來要在國 內、外爭取勝利及高水準的成就，適才適用因材施教應是一最基本的要求。本文嘗試將骨齡 學理論應用到運動員選材；由骨齡來鑑別人體生長發育程度的方法在實踐中經過了考驗，是 最具潛力的選材方法之一，它具有廣闊的應用前景，它的出現可能導致運動員選材一次較為 嶄新的革命。

　　　　　To properly select a highly potential junior athlete and to continuously train him in a systematic way are the essential steps to create an elite athlete. Thus, the sports talent exploration will obtain its attention in the sports domain. Since all sports require high domestic and international competition, the importance of sports talent exploration should not be overlooked. This paper attempts to explain the bone age theory in sports talent exploration. Although the bone age theory is a new research field, it shows that the bone age can predict potential growth of human body. Such approach might be considered to be an indispensable way to reach a higher achievement in an international level of an elite athlete training system.