Relative age is associated with sport dropout: Evidence from youth categories of French basketball

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-128

  Delorme, N ^a   Chalabaev, A ^b   Raspaud, M ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

Author keywords

Basketball; Discrimination; Dropout; Relative age effect; Youth categories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; BEHAVIOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78651351529     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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