The pathway towards expertise in sport has been studied within different contexts. Various
methodological approaches have been used in research to explore the processes of talent …

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 …

Entry into an academy can be a defining moment for a promising young player. The aim of
this study was to explore the multidimensional characteristics that differentiated selected and …

The relative age effect (RAE) is a phenomenon that represents how young athletes who are
born early in the selection year are often overrepresented within youth sport settings. The …

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 …

Long-term athlete development is a primary focus for the England Rugby Football Union
(RFU). The purpose of this study was to explore the anthropometric, physical, and relative …

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 Our purpose was to verify the existence of birthplace and relative age effect (RAE),
as well as the association between birthplace effect and RAE among Brazilian athletes …