Gender differences in the relative age effect among US Olympic Development Program youth soccer players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-413

  Vincent, John ^a   Glamser, Francis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Association football; Relative age effect; Soccer; Talent identification and development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIRTH ORDER; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATURATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SPORTS MEDICINE; TEAM SPORT; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROBABILITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644596713     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500244655     Document Type: Article

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