ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Anthropometric and Physical Performance of Youth Handball Players: The Role of the Relative Age.
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- Selection Process for Romanian Children in Handball Based on Coordinative Abilities: A Questionnaire Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Talent Selection Based on Sport-Specific Tasks Is Affected by the Relative Age Effects among Adolescent Handball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Are the Player Selection Process and Performance Influenced by Relative Age Effect in Elite Women's Handball?Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Influence of the Tertile of Birth on Anthropometric Variables, Anaerobic Parameters and Quantitative Muscle Ultrasound in School Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Relative Age Effect in Physical Fitness of South Portugal Students between 10 and 18 Years Old.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Relative Age Effect on Competition Performance of Spanish International Handball Players: A Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Relative Age Effect at the Ice Hockey World Championships (IHWC) in the Years 2015-2017.Journal of human kinetics · 2020Article
- Mediation Effect of Age Category on the Relationship between Body Composition and the Physical Fitness Profile in Youth Handball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Relative Age Effect is Modulated by Playing Position but is Not Related to Competitive Success in Elite Under-19 Handball Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe relative age effect is essential throughout all of the talent selection processes in sports, especially during adolescence, which leaves fewer athletes within each cohort that are born late in the selected year. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of relative age in anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of youth handball players by gender.
methodsThe sample that was selected included 47 participants (male n = 23, female n = 24). The data collection included anthropometric, body compositions parameters, and physical performance levels.
resultsThere was a significantly higher representation of players in the first semester in comparison with the second semester, for all of the gender groups, except for the selected male players. In males, statistically significant differences were found in height, sitting height, weight, wingspan, arm and leg circumferences, and in throws speed (in support and in suspension) between those players that were born in the first and second semester.
conclusionThe results confirmed an effect of relative age in the players born in 2002 that were selected to participate in the Spanish Championship, which was different for males and females. In spite of this effect, which only appeared in females, significant differences in the anthropometric and physical conditions appeared in the male players.
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