Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationSPORTS,Vol.5,,2017
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.3390/sports5010005
datacite.creatorJacob Sierra-Diaz, Manuel
datacite.creatorGonzalez-Villora, Sixto
datacite.creatorCarlos Pastor-Vicedo, Juan
datacite.creatorSerra Olivares, Jaime
datacite.date2017
datacite.subject.englishrelative age effect
datacite.subject.englishfootball
datacite.subject.englishsport talent
datacite.subject.englishyoung and elite football players
datacite.titleSoccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T17:07:23Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T17:07:23Z
dc.description.abstractGrouping people according to chronological age is popular in fields such as education and sport. Athletes who are born in the first months of the year usually have cognitive and physical development differences in contrast to those born in the last months of the same year. That is why competitive teams tend to select older players more often than youngsters. Age differences between athletes born in the same year as well as an over-representation of older players are known as the Relative Age Effect. This effect is extensively described in young and elite team sports such as basketball, volleyball or, ice-hockey, as well as in soccer. The purpose of this study is to examine the state-of-the-art of the Relative Age Effect in youth and elite soccer players. This review summarizes recent research articles on the Relative Age Effect related to competitive soccer from 2010 to 2016. The systematic literature search was conducted in four databases: SPORTDiscus, Medline, EBSCO host and Google Scholar. Although causes and final solutions have not been clearly achieved yet, it is necessary to continue investigating this phenomenon in order to provide a starting point for future research.
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/4167
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.sourceSPORTS
oaire.resourceTypeReview
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uct.indizacionESCI
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