Talent Identification and Relative Age Effects in English Male Rugby Union Pathways: From Entry to Expertise.

Rugby Football Union age-grade rugby player pathway talent development talent identification

Journal

Frontiers in sports and active living
ISSN: 2624-9367
Titre abrégé: Front Sports Act Living
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101765780

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 11 12 2020
accepted: 13 01 2021
entrez: 8 3 2021
pubmed: 9 3 2021
medline: 9 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A common practice in youth rugby union is to group players based on (bi)annual age with fixed cut-off dates. The overrepresentation of players born at the start of the cut-off date and the underrepresentation of players born toward the end of the cut-off date are termed relative age effects (RAEs). The aim of this study was to examine RAEs during entry into professional and international rugby union pathways in England, as well as comparing them to their respective senior cohort: U15 Regional Academy Player (

Identifiants

pubmed: 33681762
doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.640607
pmc: PMC7933505
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

640607

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Kelly, Till, Jackson, Barrell, Burke and Turnnidge.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Adam L Kelly (AL)

Department of Sport and Exercise, Research Centre for Life and Sport Sciences (CLaSS), School of Health Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Kevin Till (K)

Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Daniel Jackson (D)

Department of Sport and Exercise, Research Centre for Life and Sport Sciences (CLaSS), School of Health Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Donald Barrell (D)

Rugby Football Union, London, United Kingdom.

Kate Burke (K)

Rugby Football Union, London, United Kingdom.

Jennifer Turnnidge (J)

PLAYS Research Group, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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