Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players

The need to achieve short-term competitive outcomes in sports may influence the emergence of talent selection strategies, which could bias individuals’ opportunities. The present study aimed to further explore the relative age e_ect (RAE), a phenomenon that strongly influences youth sport developmen...

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Autores: Huertas Olmedo, Florentino, Ballester Lengua, Rafael, Gines, Honorato José, Hamidi, Abdel Karim, Moratal Lull, Consuelo, Lupiañez, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositorio:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:RAE
Youth sport talent selection
Maturation
Attention
2411.06 Fisiología del Ejercicio
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spelling Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer playersHuertas Olmedo, FlorentinoBallester Lengua, RafaelGines, Honorato JoséHamidi, Abdel KarimMoratal Lull, ConsueloLupiañez, JuanRAEYouth sport talent selectionMaturationAttention2411.06 Fisiología del EjercicioThe need to achieve short-term competitive outcomes in sports may influence the emergence of talent selection strategies, which could bias individuals’ opportunities. The present study aimed to further explore the relative age e_ect (RAE), a phenomenon that strongly influences youth sport development. The RAE refers to a disproportionately high percentage in sport teams of athletes born early in the selection year. Our primary focus was to explore whether the RAE is supported by behavioral evidence in favor of better fitness—and especially cognitive-attentional functioning—of early as compared to late-born players. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 105 young athletes (u10, n = 52; 9.8 _ 0.3 years old, and u12, n = 53; 11.8 _ 0.2 years old) attending two youth elite soccer academies. Attentional functioning, anthropometrics, physical fitness, and game intelligence were compared across two Age Groups (u10 vs. u12) and four Birth Quarters (BQ1–BQ4). The RAE was statistically significant (p < 0.001), showing that about 50% of participants were born in the first quarter and 75% were born in the first half of the year. More importantly, U12 players outperformed u10 players in measures that were related to sustained attention (with faster and less variable responses; p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively), and in all anthropometric measures (p < 0.001), physical-fitness capacities (p < 0.05). Crucially, neither the attentional measures, game intelligence, anthropometrics, nor physical fitness were a_ected by BQ (all ps > 0.1 and BF10 between 0.08 and 0.6, showing strong evidence for the null hypothesis). The present findings suggest that the early selection process that occurs during scouting in youth soccer academies o_sets the age-related di_erences that could be anticipated in cognitive skills, anthropometrics, and physical abilities, due to growth and maturation. These birth asymmetries could lead teams to disregard later maturation athletes and athletes born later in the year inducing a larger dropout of those players with the consequent reduction in the talent pool.20222022-06-1420192019-01-0120192019-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/2332reponame:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártirinstname:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente MártirInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/23322026-06-19T08:32:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
title Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
spellingShingle Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
Huertas Olmedo, Florentino
RAE
Youth sport talent selection
Maturation
Attention
2411.06 Fisiología del Ejercicio
title_short Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
title_full Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
title_fullStr Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
title_full_unstemmed Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
title_sort Relative age effect in the sport environment. Role of physical fitness and cognitive function in youth soccer players
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Huertas Olmedo, Florentino
Ballester Lengua, Rafael
Gines, Honorato José
Hamidi, Abdel Karim
Moratal Lull, Consuelo
Lupiañez, Juan
author Huertas Olmedo, Florentino
author_facet Huertas Olmedo, Florentino
Ballester Lengua, Rafael
Gines, Honorato José
Hamidi, Abdel Karim
Moratal Lull, Consuelo
Lupiañez, Juan
author_role author
author2 Ballester Lengua, Rafael
Gines, Honorato José
Hamidi, Abdel Karim
Moratal Lull, Consuelo
Lupiañez, Juan
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv RAE
Youth sport talent selection
Maturation
Attention
2411.06 Fisiología del Ejercicio
topic RAE
Youth sport talent selection
Maturation
Attention
2411.06 Fisiología del Ejercicio
description The need to achieve short-term competitive outcomes in sports may influence the emergence of talent selection strategies, which could bias individuals’ opportunities. The present study aimed to further explore the relative age e_ect (RAE), a phenomenon that strongly influences youth sport development. The RAE refers to a disproportionately high percentage in sport teams of athletes born early in the selection year. Our primary focus was to explore whether the RAE is supported by behavioral evidence in favor of better fitness—and especially cognitive-attentional functioning—of early as compared to late-born players. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 105 young athletes (u10, n = 52; 9.8 _ 0.3 years old, and u12, n = 53; 11.8 _ 0.2 years old) attending two youth elite soccer academies. Attentional functioning, anthropometrics, physical fitness, and game intelligence were compared across two Age Groups (u10 vs. u12) and four Birth Quarters (BQ1–BQ4). The RAE was statistically significant (p < 0.001), showing that about 50% of participants were born in the first quarter and 75% were born in the first half of the year. More importantly, U12 players outperformed u10 players in measures that were related to sustained attention (with faster and less variable responses; p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively), and in all anthropometric measures (p < 0.001), physical-fitness capacities (p < 0.05). Crucially, neither the attentional measures, game intelligence, anthropometrics, nor physical fitness were a_ected by BQ (all ps > 0.1 and BF10 between 0.08 and 0.6, showing strong evidence for the null hypothesis). The present findings suggest that the early selection process that occurs during scouting in youth soccer academies o_sets the age-related di_erences that could be anticipated in cognitive skills, anthropometrics, and physical abilities, due to growth and maturation. These birth asymmetries could lead teams to disregard later maturation athletes and athletes born later in the year inducing a larger dropout of those players with the consequent reduction in the talent pool.
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