Do anthropometric and fitness characteristics vary according to birth date distribution in elite youth academy soccer players?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Carling, C ^a   Le Gall, F ^b   Reilly, T ^c   Williams, A M ^c  

^a Centre de Formation   (France)

^b Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre   (France)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Relative age effect; Selection; Talent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FITNESS; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCCER;

EID: 59149104516     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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