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The Influence of Contextual Factors on the Relative Age Effect in Male International Rugby Union: The Impact of Sociocultural Influences and Playing Position

Children, 2022
The purpose of this study is not only to establish whether the relative age effect (RAE) exists in male international rugby union players, but also to investigate the impact of sociocultural influences (i.e., northern and southern hemispheres) and ...
Paolo Riccardo Brustio, Adam Leigh Kelly, Corrado Lupo, Alexandru Nicolae Ungureanu   +3 more
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Relative age effects in track-and-field: Identification and performance rebalancing

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Introduction: Relative Age Effect (RAE) consists of a biased distribution of the dates of birth in a same-age group.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate Relative Age Effect among French athletes in different track-and-field events, and propose a ...
Audrey Difernand, Audrey Difernand, Quentin De Larochelambert, Quentin De Larochelambert, Sébastien Homo, Florian Rousseau, Juliana Antero, Juliana Antero, Jean-François Toussaint, Jean-François Toussaint, Jean-François Toussaint, Adrien Sedeaud, Adrien Sedeaud   +12 more
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To Sample or to Specialise? Sport Participation Patterns of Youth Team Sport Male Players

Children, 2023
This study characterised the sport participation patterns of 546 male youth team sport players. A retrospective questionnaire was used to identify the sport starting age (general sports and main sport) and the quantity and type of sports undertaken ...
Patrícia Coutinho, Ana Ramos, José Afonso, Cristiana Bessa, João Ribeiro, Keith Davids, António M. Fonseca, Isabel Mesquita   +7 more
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Relative Age Effect is Modulated by Playing Position but is Not Related to Competitive Success in Elite Under-19 Handball Athletes

Sports, 2019
This study aimed to verify the occurrence of the relative age effect (RAE) in male elite young handball athletes according to the playing position and its association with team performance in a World Championship.
Fabiano S. Fonseca, Lucas S. Figueiredo, Petrus Gantois, Dalton de Lima-Junior, Leonardo S. Fortes   +4 more
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Developing players for athlete leadership groups in professional football teams: Qualitative insights from head coaches and athlete leaders.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Athlete leadership groups (ALGs) are a widely used yet under researched approach to leadership in professional sports teams. Athlete Leadership Groups (ALGs) represent a shared athlete leadership model whereby a small group of players are selected as ...
Gina Haddad, Donna O'Connor
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Exploring the Multidimensional Characteristics of Selected and Non-Selected White British and British South Asian Youth Cricketers: An Exploratory Machine Learning Approach

Youth
Selection into a County Age Group (CAG; under 10–18) programme is the first step for young aspiring cricketers on their journey to achieving professional status.
Tom Brown, Robert Cook, Lewis A. Gough, Irfan Khawaja, Alexander B. T. McAuley, Adam L. Kelly   +5 more
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Understanding the Development of Elite Parasport Athletes Using a Constraint-Led Approach: Considerations for Coaches and Practitioners

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
For the past half-century, the Paralympic Games has continued to grow, evident through increased participation, media recognition, and rising research focus in Para sport.
Nima Dehghansai, Srdjan Lemez, Nick Wattie, Ross A. Pinder, Joe Baker   +4 more
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Competitive Match Running Speed Demands and Impact of Changing the Head Coach in Non-League Professional Football

Sensors
Match running speed demands vary across competitive levels of football, influenced by player position, tactical considerations, and Head Coach changes. In England, the level directly below professional football, Non-League Football (NLF), comprises full ...
Daniel T. Jackson, Richard C. Blagrove, Peter K. Thain, Anthony Weldon, Cain C. T. Clark, Adam L. Kelly   +5 more
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“More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Relative age effects (RAEs) are common across many youth sports that use age group structures to band athletes. This creates a significant overrepresentation of those who are born near the start of the selection cut-off date across talent pathways ...
Adam L. Kelly, Achuthan Shanmugaratnam, Kathryn Johnston, Joseph Baker, Matthew Ferguson, Mark Jeffreys, Josh Taylor, Alexander B. T. McAuley   +7 more
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HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ATHLETICS

, 2023
Athletics is one of the most popular sports; includes various distance running, cross country running, high jump, long, triple, anchor, javelin throw, lappak, boscon, nuclear irradiation, multikurash (jump, yettikurash). Athletics has more than 50 exercises, 48 of which are included in the Olympic Games program.
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