ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Talent Selection Based on Sport-Specific Tasks Is Affected by the Relative Age Effects among Adolescent Handball Players.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Physical Fitness Level in 9-11-Year-Old Italian Children Is Affected by Body Mass Index and Frequency of Sport Practice but Not by Peak Height Velocity and Relative Age Effect.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Selection biases in elite youth handball: early maturation compensates for younger relative age.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The interaction of relative age with maturation and body size in female handball talent selection.PloS one · 2024Article
- Selection Process for Romanian Children in Handball Based on Coordinative Abilities: A Questionnaire Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Talent selection is often affected by the relative age effects (RAEs), resulting in the overrepresentation of relatively older (vs. relatively younger) players among those selected. The use of sport-specific tasks is suggested to reduce RAEs during talent selection. PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that talent selection including only sport-specific tasks is not affected by the RAEs and to analyse the body size and biological maturity of the top selection level according to relative age.
methodsParticipants were U14 female (
resultsIn terms of all the registered players no RAEs were evident. However, the RAEs of moderate effect size were evident at the county level;
conclusionThe findings provide support to the hypothesis that the selection process exacerbates RAEs even when using only sport-specific selection criteria. The performance metrics in technical skills, but also coaching assessments are likely involved. In addition, an advanced maturity and/or an above-average body size increases the selection odds for relatively younger players.
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