In some
team sport
A team sport includes any sport where individuals are organized into opposing sports team, teams which compete to win or cooperate to entertain their audience. Team members act together towards a shared objective. This can be done in a numb ...
s, a selector is a member of a selection panel which chooses teams or individuals to represent a country or club or other representative team in sporting competitions.
For example, a
selector in cricket is an administrative position involved in choosing players to represent a particular team in a match. Or, in
Gaelic games a selector (sometimes referred to by the
Irish term ''roghnóir'') is a person who helps pick a team to represent a club or
county team
A county is a geographic region within Gaelic games, controlled by a county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and originally based on the 32 counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the administrative geography of Ireland has ...
.
Selectors may be past players,
but can also be current coaches. Current captains may also have an influence.
See also
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Glossary of cricket terms
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Glossary of Gaelic games terms
The following is an alphabetical list of terms and jargon used in relation to Gaelic games. See also list of Irish county nicknames, and these are very interesting.
Abbreviations
Competitions usually have long names, so an abbreviation system ...
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Glossary of rugby union terms
Rugby union is a team sport played between two teams of fifteen players.
This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. ...
References
Sports terminology
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