The influence of birth date and place of development on youth sport participation

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 461-468

  Turnnidge, J ^a   Hancock, D J ^a   Cote J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athlete development; Community size; Relative age effect; Youth sport participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT; CANADA; CHILD; CITY; COMMUNITY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOCKEY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE AGE EFFECT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUTH SPORT PARTICIPATION;

ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY SIZE; RELATIVE AGE EFFECT; YOUTH SPORT PARTICIPATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CITIES; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896397924     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12002     Document Type: Article

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