Relative age effects in sport : international perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Dixon, Jess (Editor), Horton, Sean (Editor), Chittle, Laura (Editor), Baker, Joe (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Series:Routledge research in sport and exercise science.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Serendipity strikes / Jess C. Dixon, Laura Chittle, Joseph Baker, and Sean Horton
  • The relative age effect : early studies / Paula E. Barnsley, Roger H. Barnsley, and Angus H. Thompson
  • Antecedents and explanations of relative age effects / David J. Hancock
  • Relative age effects are developmental! : the necessity of looking at more than one time point / Jörg Schorer, Ingo Roden, Dirk Büsch, and Irene Faber
  • Relative age effects in female athletes : similarities and differences highlight the nuances of this effect... if you know where to look / Nick Wattieand, Joseph Baker
  • Relative age effects and youth development / Srdjan Lemez, Jessica Fraser-Thomas, and Nick Wattie
  • Late birthday benefits : the 'underdog hypothesis' / Kristy Smithand, Patricia Weir
  • Tackling an age-old dilemma among student-athletes : academic timing and the relative age effect / Laura Chittle, Sean Horton, and Jess C. Dixon
  • The relative age effect in youth and elite sport : what have we learned after 20 years of research? / Werner F. Helsen and Janet Starkes
  • Approaches to help coaches and talent scouts overcome the relative age effect / David Mann
  • Re-balancing the relative age effect scales : meta-analytical trends, causes, and corrective adjustment procedures as a solution / Stephen Cobley, Shaun Abbott, Kylie Moulds, Clorinda Hogan, and Michael Romann
  • Concluding thoughts and future research on relative age effects in sport / Joseph Baker, Laura Chittle, Sean Horton, and Jess C. Dixon.