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

Grouping 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 te...

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Autores: Sierra-Díaz, Manuel Jacob, González Víllora, Sixto, Pastor-Vicedo, Juan Carlos, Serra-Olivares, Jaime
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Palabra clave:Relative age effect
Football
Sport talent
Young and elite football players
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spelling Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young PlayersSierra-Díaz, Manuel JacobGonzález Víllora, SixtoPastor-Vicedo, Juan CarlosSerra-Olivares, JaimeRelative age effectFootballSport talentYoung and elite football playersGrouping 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.MDPI201820182017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10578/17372reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/173722026-05-27T07:36:41Z
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title Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
spellingShingle Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
Sierra-Díaz, Manuel Jacob
Relative age effect
Football
Sport talent
Young and elite football players
title_short Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
title_full Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
title_fullStr Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
title_full_unstemmed Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
title_sort Soccer and Relative Age Effect: A Walk among Elite Players and Young Players
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sierra-Díaz, Manuel Jacob
González Víllora, Sixto
Pastor-Vicedo, Juan Carlos
Serra-Olivares, Jaime
author Sierra-Díaz, Manuel Jacob
author_facet Sierra-Díaz, Manuel Jacob
González Víllora, Sixto
Pastor-Vicedo, Juan Carlos
Serra-Olivares, Jaime
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Pastor-Vicedo, Juan Carlos
Serra-Olivares, Jaime
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Relative age effect
Football
Sport talent
Young and elite football players
topic Relative age effect
Football
Sport talent
Young and elite football players
description Grouping 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.
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