ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026
Relative age effect and development pathways in French basketball: from youth training structures to senior national teams.
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The relative age effect refers to the advantage experienced by athletes born earlier in the selection year and has been widely documented in youth basketball. However, its influence on long-term development pathways leading to senior elite performance remains insufficiently understood. The aim of this study was to examine the distribution of birth quarters across elite basketball development structures in France and to analyze how relative age relates to progression toward senior national team selection in male and female players. Birth quarter distributions were analyzed for players involved in regional training centers (females = 2,399; males = 2,572), national training centers (females = 157; males = 216), professional club academies (females = 1,981; males = 3,103), and French national teams from youth to senior level (female = 896; male = 803). These distributions were compared with national birth statistics using chi-square (
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