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Maturity status influences the relative age effect in national top level youth alpine ski racing and soccer

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  • Lisa Müller
  • Christoph Gonaus
  • Christoph Perner
  • Erich Müller
  • Christian Raschner

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Since the relative age effect (RAE) characterizes a problem in all age categories of alpine ski racing and soccer and the fact that, yet, to date the underlying factors have not been well investigated, the aim of the present study was to assess the influence of the biological maturity status on the RAE among youth alpine ski racers (YSR) and soccer players (SP).In total, 183 male and female YSR selected for national final races and 423 male SP selected for Elite Youth Development Centres were investigated. Additionally, a comparison group of 413 non-athletes was evaluated. The birth months were split into four relative age quarters. The biological maturity status was assessed by the age at peak height velocity (APHV) method; according to the M±SD of the comparison group, the athletes were divided into normal, early and late maturing. Chi2-tests indicated a significant RAE among YSR (χ2(3,N = 183) = 18.0; p

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  • Lisa Müller & Christoph Gonaus & Christoph Perner & Erich Müller & Christian Raschner, 2017. "Maturity status influences the relative age effect in national top level youth alpine ski racing and soccer," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(7), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0181810
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181810
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    1. Zacharias Papadakis & Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos & Iraklis A. Kollias, 2022. "Predictive Value of Repeated Jump Testing on Nomination Status in Professional and under 19 Soccer Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-16, October.

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