ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Early Sport Specialization and Relative Age Effect: Prevalence and Influence on Perceived Competence in Ice Hockey Players.
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- Talent environment development in Canadian female youth ice hockey: a first look into the Quebec developmental landscape.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Early Sport Specialization in a Pediatric Population: A Rapid Review of Injury, Function, Performance, and Psychological Outcomes.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
- Relative age effects and player pathways in international ice hockey: a longitudinal multi-cohort analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Birthplace Effect in Soccer: A Systematic Review.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- How to Compare Relative Age Effect in Different Sports? A New Methodological Approach-Example of Youth Olympic Games.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Perceived competence in ice hockey and its associations with relative age, early sport specialization, and players' position.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Relative age effects in ice hockey extends to coaching.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Assessment and Conceptualization of Perceived Competence in Ice Hockey: A Scale Development and Validation Study.Perceptual and motor skills · 2023Article
- The Relative Age Effect in Ice Hockey: Analysis of Its Presence, Its Fading and of a Reversal Effect among Junior and Professional Leagues.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
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- Special Issue "Talent Identification and Development in Youth Sports".Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The relative age effect (RAE) and early sport specialization (ESS) have been of growing interest in the sports world, especially in ice hockey, because of their potential adverse effects. However, little is known about their distribution within each level of play in Canadian minor ice hockey, or whether they influence young people’s perceived competence, a variable of interest in long-term sports development. A sample of elite adolescent players (N = 204) and a sample of recreational and competitive players (N = 404) were used to measure these constructs, and chi-square tabulations were conducted to compare their distribution. Our results reveal that RAE (χ2 = 20.03, p < 0.01, Cramer’s V = 0.13) and ESS (χ2 = 66.14, p < 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.24) are present, but there are apparently no gender differences in their distributions. Neither the level of RAE nor ESS seems to affect the perceived competence of the players, regardless of gender. The results of this study highlight the presence of RAE and ESS in Canadian minor ice hockey, especially at the elite level, but indicate that they do not affect the self-perception of ice hockey players. Additional research on these concepts is needed to obtain a complete picture of their potential impact on sports development.
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