It is more common today than in earlier ages that young athletes decides that they want to become professional athletes, and because of that works hard to reach their goals. This makes demands on the sport clubs we have today, if they want the best athletes and the most wanted talents, they need to provide a professional environment where athletes feels that they can improve.

This following text is an essay, an essay about talent development environment. More exactly is it an essay about how European ice-hockey clubs works to provide their players the best surroundings to help them become a successful ice-hockey player. The essay Is comparing how different countries think about and work with talent development environments. And then with the help of previous research the authors of the essay come with conclusions which countries that are further in the progress and which countries that are a bit behind.