Background To what extent does the pathway to senior elite success build on junior elite
success? Evidence from longitudinal studies investigating athletes' junior-to-senior …

Background Does younger involvement in talent promotion programs (TPPs) facilitate the
attainment of higher performance levels? This question is the subject of the present meta …

Background To what extent does junior athletic performance predict senior athletic
performance (ie, in the highest, open-age category)? This question is the subject of a lively …

There has been a longstanding debate about the question: What amounts of what types of
youth sport activities optimally facilitate later athletic excellence? This article provides a …

This study examines the relative age effect (RAE) and its impact on the performance of elite
male (n= 3,358) and female (n= 3,273) handball players in the U-19 (n= 2,188), U-21 (n …

The aims of the study were to:(a) analyse the re-selection patterns in European youth
basketball national teams, and (b) investigate how the chance of re-selection is influenced …

Team handball (handball) began as a game between two teams of eleven players and was
played outdoors. It has evolved into an indoor sport with seven players on each team …

Objective. To conduct a bibliometric analysis of scientific production regarding the relative
age effect in sport, using data from the PubMed and Scopus databases spanning from …

Many elite sport organisations have introduced structured talent identification and
development (TID) initiatives in youth sports to better facilitate elite sport performance …

Background: The relative age effect is essential throughout all of the talent selection
processes in sports, especially during adolescence, which leaves fewer athletes within each …