The Relative Age Effect in Elite Sport

Delorme, Nicolas; Boiché, Julie; Raspaud, Michel

doi:10.1080/02701367.2009.10599568

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“…Nonuniform birth date distributions were observed for male players in the Championships of 2015 and 2017. The observed tendency of a decrease in the RAE at the senior level mirrors similar findings from other studies of team sports [32] and individual disciplines [33,34]. This suggests that the advantages athletes gain due to their early maturational development gradually decrease as they transition towards professional sport [2,35].…”

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The relationship between the relative age effect and performance among athletes in World Handball Championships

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“…There is enough evidence that being a few months older than their peers is advantageous in acquiring academic achievements (Vincent & Glamser, 2006). In those countries in which the sports age is accepted as January 1, children born in January are 11 , months older than children born in December (Delorme, Boiche, & Raspaud, 2009). For this reason, it is considered that early-born children are more advantageous than late-borns by age of competition (Okazaki et al, 2011).…”

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The Effect of Relative Age on Some Performance Characteristics in Young Volleyball Players

Akarçeşme¹,

Aytar²

2018

JETS

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It has been evaluated in the literature that different maturation levels exist in the same chronological age and this may be an advantage for athletic performance. The aim of this study was to examine the performance characteristics of young male and female volleyball players in the same chronological age according to their relative age.A total of 536 athletes who were 14 years old and similar training age, 238 male and 298 female subjects participated in this study. Relative age was determined by quitting the quartile of the year starting from January. Explosive strength (counter movement and squat jumps), anaerobic strength and capacity (Wingate test), aerobic capacity (20m shuttle run) and speed (5m and 10m sprint) were measured. 2x4 ANOVA was used to determine the differences between gender and relative age groups, and Bonferroni test was used to determine the differences between the quarters of the year. The significance level of all statistical procedures was accepted as 0.05.The distribution of volleyball players in the quarters was 47.9%, 27.7%, 17.6%, 6.7% for males, 39.9%, 29.5%, 17.4% and 13.1% for females respectively. The differences between the genders in all variables were statistically significant (p<0.05). Relative age effect (RAE) was not significant in all variables examined as performance parameters (p>0.05).As a result of this study it was found that both female and male volleyball players were mostly born in the first quarter of the year. On the other hand, relative age was not a distinctive effect on performance variables of young volleyball players in the same chronological age.

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“…In addition, relatively older children (athletes) have a greater opportunity to participate in competitions and, consequently, may enhance their psychological, technical, and tactical abilities, thereby supporting greater athletic development [2]. The relative age effect has been confirmed in many types of sports, including baseball [3, 4], soccer [5–8], tennis [9], cricket [10], basketball [4, 11], NASCAR [12], sumo wrestling [4], rugby [13], judo [2], ice hockey [14–17], and winter sports [18–21]. …”

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Relationship Between the Relative Age Effect and Lengths of Professional Careers in Male Japanese Baseball Players: a Retrospective Analysis

Nakata

2017

Sports Med - Open

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BackgroundThe mechanisms underlying the relative age effect in sport events have been investigated for more than two decades. The present study focused on the relationship between the relative age effect and lengths of professional careers among professional male Japanese baseball players.MethodsThe birth dates of players and lengths of professional careers were collected from an official publication, and data were divided into four quarters (Q1: April–June; Q2: July–September; Q3: October–December; Q4: January–March of the following year) grouped by 3 years. Based on the data for Q4, the expected numbers for the lengths of professional careers were calculated for Q1, Q2, and Q3.ResultsThe number of players with professional careers of more than 19 years was significantly smaller in Q4 than in Q1, Q2, and Q3.ConclusionsThe relative age effect among professional male Japanese baseball players was associated with the lengths of professional careers. Relative age appears to be a very important factor for the development of expertise among male Japanese baseball players and involves long-term disadvantages after becoming professional players.

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The Relative Age Effect in Elite Sport

Cited by 93 publications

References 32 publications

The relationship between the relative age effect and performance among athletes in World Handball Championships

The relationship between the relative age effect and performance among athletes in World Handball Championships

The Effect of Relative Age on Some Performance Characteristics in Young Volleyball Players

Relationship Between the Relative Age Effect and Lengths of Professional Careers in Male Japanese Baseball Players: a Retrospective Analysis

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