Relative Age Effect in UEFA Championship Soccer Players

González-Víllora, Sixto; Vicedo, Juan Carlos Pastor; Cordente, David

doi:10.1515/hukin-2015-0079

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“…This is in line with Abbott et al (2002) claiming that the complexity of soccer allows weaknesses to be compensated for by strengthening other skills. It has been documented that players born early in the year of selection are both taller and heavier than theirs later born co-players (Carling, Le Gall, Reilly, & Williams, 2009;González-Víllora et al, 2015;Helsen et al, 2005). Results from this study support such discoveries by finding that players born in the first half of the year were significantly taller and heavier than players born in the second half for both U 14 and U 13 players.…”

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Relative age and perceptions of soccer specific skills among elite youth players in Norway

Johansen

Østrem

Sæther

et al. 2019

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One common feature among the selected players in talent development programs are the well-known relative age effect (RAE), characterized by a skewed birth distribution among selected players with an over-representation of players born early in the selection year. The aim of the present study was to examine potential differences in soccer-specific skills between players selected for national talent program born in the first half of the year compared to the players born in the second half of the year. A total of 753 elite male U 14 (N = 363) and U 13 players (N = 390) from 16 of 18 soccer regions in Norway participated. The results showed players born early in the selection year considered themselves stronger and faster than late born players. Similar, coaches considered the players born early in the selection year as stronger than players born late in the selection year. Neither the players or coaches considered the early born players as technically, tactically and mentally better. Within a talent development program, we argue that coaches and recruiters should be aware of differences in relative age, and thus prevent that late born players must compensate their physical disadvantages to be allowed into such programs.

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confidence: 77%

Relative age and perceptions of soccer specific skills among elite youth players in Norway

Johansen

Østrem

Sæther

et al. 2019

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“…In a previous study the researchers (Gonzalez-Villora, Pastor-Vicedo & Cordente, 2015) mentioned that RAE was not evident in the professional category, but it was in the three lower categories (youth categories). Gutierrez-Diaz, Pastor-Vicedo, Gonzalez-Villora and Contreras-Jordan, (2010) mentioned that RAE is greater when the clubs have more financial resources, as they have a greater opportunity to select players.…”

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Relative Age Effect in Anthropometrical Characteristics and Physical Fitness Among Youth Soccer Players of Amateur Clubs

Michailidis

Zelenitsas

Mikikis

et al. 2020

Int. J. Sport Health Sci.

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The presence of the relative age effect (RAE) has been widely reported. Most of the studies have been performed on elite youth soccer players. The purpose of the present study was to examine if anthropometric and performance characteristics were different amongst older and younger soccer players of amateur clubs born in the same year. One hundred seventy six players in three different age group (U10, U14, U15) participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements (height, weight, body mass index, body fat) and the performance in physical fitness tests [long jump (LJ), countermovement jump (CMJ), T-test, Yo-Yo intermittent endurance test level 1 (YYIET1)] were the dependent variables. In U14 the older players jump higher to CMJ (p = 0.05) and in U15 the older players performed better to CMJ and YYIET1 (p = 0.01 and p = 0.05, respectively). We observed differences in some fitness test performances between older and younger soccer players. These differences are indicative of RAE presence, but more studies are required on youth soccer players of amateur clubs and of different ages.

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“…Zjištěné výsledky se neshodují se závěry autorů González-Víllora et al (2015), kde byl prokázán vliv RAE v juniorských kategoriích, ne-byl však statisticky potvrzen v profesionální kategorii. Naše závěry se shodují s výsledky autorů Helsen et al (2012), kteří zjistili, že v rozmezí 10 let (sezóny 2000/1 a 2010/11) je vliv prokázaný a přibližně stejně silný.…”

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