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Seasonal birth distribution of west European soccer players: a possible explanation.

J Verhulst.   

Abstract

Twice as many top soccer players from The Netherlands, Belgium and France are born in August, as compared to July. A creeping selection mechanism, inadvertently caused by organisational aspects of the youth soccer competition in the countries mentioned, could be the explanation.

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Year:  1992        PMID： 1491636     DOI： 10.1016/0306-9877(92)90030-g

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Med Hypotheses        ISSN： 0306-9877            Impact factor:   1.538


  6 in total

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3.  The relative age effect in youth soccer players from Spain.

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Review 4.  Nurturing sport expertise: factors influencing the development of elite athlete.

Authors:  Joseph Baker; Sean Horton; Jennifer Robertson-Wilson; Michael Wall
Journal:  J Sports Sci Med       Date:  2003-03-01       Impact factor: 2.988

5.  A new dimension to relative age effects: constant year effects in German youth handball.

Authors:  Jörg Schorer; Nick Wattie; Joseph R Baker
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-04-26       Impact factor: 3.240

6.  Relative age effect and second-tiers: No second chance for later-born players.

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