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The relative age effect is larger in Italian soccer top-level youth categories and smaller in Serie A

The relative age effect (RAE; i.e., an asymmetry in the birth distribution) is a bias observed in sport competitions that may favour relatively older athletes in talent identification. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the presence of RAE in elite soccer players competing in the It...

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Autores principales: Brustio, Paolo Riccardo, Lupo, Corrado, Ungureanu, Alexandru Nicolae, Frati, Riccardo, Rainoldi, Alberto, Boccia, Gennaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5909613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29672644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196253