ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2017
Doubly Disadvantaged? The Relative Age Effect in Poland's Basketball Players.
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- Impact of the Relative Age Effect on Competition Performance in Basketball: A Qualitative Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Does the Relative Age Effect Influence Short-Term Performance and Sport Career in Team Sports? A Qualitative Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
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- Relative age effect and its impact on athletic performance among Chinese elite youth male basketball players.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of athletic profiles and the relative age effect on the future achievement levels of young basketball players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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- How to Compare Relative Age Effect in Different Sports? A New Methodological Approach-Example of Youth Olympic Games.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Relative age effect and performance in elite youth male basketball.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Does predicted age at peak height velocity explain physical performance in U13-15 basketball female players?BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Relative Age Effects in Basketball: Exploring the Selection into and Successful Transition Out of a National Talent Pathway.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Influence of Maturity Status on Resting Energy Expenditure, Body Composition and Blood Pressure in Physically Active Children.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- From Talent Identification toFrontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Relative Age Effect on Competition Performance of Spanish International Handball Players: A Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Relative Age Effect and Talent Identification Factors in Youth Volleyball in Poland.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Relative age effects in Elite Chinese soccer players: Implications of the 'one-child' policy.PloS one · 2020Article
- Relative Age Effect on Youth Female Volleyball Players: A Pilot Study on Its Prevalence and Relationship With Anthropometric and Physiological Characteristics.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Players' selection for basketball teams, through Performance Index Rating, using multiobjective evolutionary algorithms.PloS one · 2019Article
- The Beginning of Senior Career in Team Sport Is Affected by Relative Age Effect.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the relative age effect (RAE) in young Polish male (n = 3849) and female (n = 3419) basketball players aged 14 to 22 years competing in the elite games of the Polish Youth Championships. The distribution of birth dates, body height, players' match statistics, and the results of teams participating in championships were identified. The RAE was observed in male and female group, regardless of players age. Nevertheless, the greatest disproportion in the distribution of dates of birth was found in U16 group of boys (V = 0.25, p < 0.0001). Significant differences in body height were identified in U14 and U16 groups of boys (p < 0.0001) and U14 group of girls (p < 0.01). The RAE was the most detrimental in the group of boys from teams ranked 9th or lower (p < 0.0001). The groups of male and female basketball players from the top 3 teams had the highest average body height (p < 0.001). In U14 boys, significantly higher match results and performance index ratings (PIR) were observed for players born in the first half of a calendar year. The research results show the impact of the RAE on the success of youth basketball teams in Poland. The month of birth, body height and sex may determine sporting achievements in youth basketball. Coaches should consider the chronological age and pubertal growth acceleration (APHV-age at peak height velocity) of players to optimize the process of identifying gifted basketball players, especially among boys of 14 years of age.
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