Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in Soccer

Autor: Werner F. Helsen, Martine Thomis, Janet L. Starkes, Sander Vrijens, Gerrit Ooms, Calum MacMaster, Chris Towlson

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Vol 3 (2021)

Despite various solutions proposed to solve the relative age effect (RAE), it is still a major problem confounding talent identification and selection processes. In the first phase, we sampled 302 under 7–21 academy soccer players from two Belgian

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One of these things is not like the other: time to differentiate between relative age and biological maturity selection biases in soccer?

Autor: Christopher Towlson, Sean P. Cumming, Calum MacMaster, James Parr

Publikováno v: Towlson, C, MacMaster, C, Parr, J & Cumming, S 2022, ' One of these things is not like the other : time to differentiate between relative age and biological maturity selection biases in soccer? ', Science and Medicine in Football, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 273-276 . https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2021.1946133

Background: Both maturity and relative age selection biases are entrenched within professional academy soccer programmes. Lay opinion, and that of some scholars, holds that relative age effects exist as a product of advanced biological maturity, that

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https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2021.1946133

The effect of bio-banding on physical and psychological indicators of talent identification in academy soccer players

Autor: Grant Abt, Christopher Towlson, Frances Hunter, Niall G. MacFarlane, Rory Jack, John Toner, Bruno Gonçalves, Tony Myers, Calum MacMaster, Jaime Sampaio, Steve Barrett, Ally Hamilton

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of bio-banding on indicators of talent identification in academy soccer players. Seventy-two 11 to 14-year-old soccer players were bio-banded using percentage of estimated adult stature attainment (week

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The effect of bio-banding on the anthropometric, physical fitness and functional movement characteristics of academy soccer players

Autor: Guy Parkin, Christopher Richard James Wilcox, Sean P. Cumming, Christopher Towlson, Calum MacMaster, Matt Portas

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0260136 (2021)
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The study examined if maturity status bio-banding reduces within-group variance in anthropometric, physical fitness and functional movement characteristics of 319, under-14 and under-15 players from 19 UK professional soccer academies. Bio-banding re

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260136