Influence of the selection level, age and playing position on relative age effects in Swiss women's soccer

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Romann, Michael ^a   Fuchslocher, Jörg ^a  

^a Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth date children; Female soccer; Selection; Talent development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865761106     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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