A common practice in youth rugby union is to group players based on (bi) annual age with
fixed cut-off dates. The overrepresentation of players born at the start of the cut-off date and …

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 …

Introduction This study aimed to analyse the differences in force–velocity profile and sprint,
strength and jump performance according to playing position, and to examine the …

The Adulteration of Children's Sports explores current behavioral and physiological
research about how children's organized sport has changed; how adults' goals and needs …

A common practice in youth rugby union is to group players into (bi) annual-age categories
using fixed cut-off dates. The implications are an over-representation of players born at the …

Background: Recent research in a French context suggested that relative age effects (RAEs)
in rugby union may be influenced by playing position; specifically, that RAEs may be more …

Relative age effects (RAEs) are independent of specific cutoff dates that can vary from
country to country. However, the consequences of changing the selection cutoff dates within …

Relative age effects (RAEs) within sports refer to the overrepresentation of athletes born
earlier in the selection year and the underrepresentation of those born later in the selection …

Purpose: Given that previous research on relative age effects (RAEs) has only focused on
organized sport, the aim of this exploratory study was to examine whether this phenomenon …

Atualmente, várias competições de futsal são organizadas em categorias através da data de
nascimento. Crianças e adolescentes nascidos no mesmo ano são agrupados na mesma …