ArticleJournal of human kinetics2018
The Relationship Between Early and Senior Level Participation in International Women's and Men's Handball.
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- Youth International Experience Is a Limited Predictor of Senior Success in Football: The Relationship Between U17, U19, and U21 Experience and Senior Elite Participation Across Nations and Playing Positions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- The Relative Age Effect on Competition Performance of Spanish International Handball Players: A Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Talent Selection Strategies and Relationship With Success in European Basketball National Team Programs.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The relationship between the relative age effect and performance among athletes in World Handball Championships.PloS one · 2020Article
- Handball Research: State of the Art.Journal of human kinetics · 2018Article
- The relative age effect in selection to international team matches in Norwegian handball.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
International competitions at the youth elite level have become an important part of attempts to identify, foster and develop sporting talent. However, sports science scholars disagree strongly about the value and importance of such competitions because little is known about the relationship between early performance, at both the team and individual level, and later success in adult elite sports. The first aim of this study was therefore to explore the relationship between international match experience at the youth international team level and subsequent match experience at the junior and the senior international team levels. The second aim of this study was to explore the relationship between youth national team results and subsequent junior and senior national team results in international competitions. The individual-level analysis was based on official match participation statistics of all Norwegian handball players with either youth, junior and/or senior national team experience (n = 657) between the years 1993 and 2017. The team level analysis was based on team result rankings from the handball European and World Championships at the youth, junior and senior national team levels during this period. Statistical analysis at the individual level showed a significant difference between those handball players who did and did not have international match exposure at the youth and junior levels, and the number of matches they played at the senior international team level. No to weak correlations were found between the number of matches played at the youth, junior and senior international team levels. Statistical analysis at the team level showed a strong correlation between result rankings at the youth, junior and senior international team levels. Collectively, these findings suggest that having youth and junior international experience is strongly associated with the number of matches played at the senior international level. However, the number of matches played at the youth and junior international levels does not appear to determine success or predict which players will or will not achieve success at the senior international level.
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