The relative age effect in male and female English age-grade rugby union: Exploring the gender-specific mechanisms that underpin participation

Adam L. Kelly*, Daniel T. Jackson, Donald Barrell, Kate Burke, Kevin Till

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    8 Citations (SciVal)
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)277-284
    Number of pages8
    JournalScience and Medicine in Football
    Volume6
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - 13 Aug 2021

    Funding

    The authors would like to thank all the age-grade rugby union players for participating in the study. The authors would also like to acknowledge Dr Jennifer Turnnidge, Beth Barz, Daniel Goldman, John Lawn, Martin MacTaggart, and Nicky Ponsford for providing feedback on previous versions before journal submission.

    Keywords

    • Talent identification
    • athlete development
    • constituent year effect
    • rugby football union
    • talent development
    • youth rugby

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