Relative age effect in Turkish soccer

Autor: Mehmet Bayansalduz, Hacer Dilek Mulazimoglu, Olcay Mulazimoglu, Kerimhan Kaynak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Volume: 18, Issue: 1 64-69
Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise
ISSN: 2147-5652
Popis: Relative Age Effect (RAE) refers to the difference between the individuals who were born in the early or the later period of the same year. The purpose of this study was to investigate the existence and prevalence of RAE in Turkish Soccer. The data were collected from 3074 (530 professional players and 2544 amateur players) active players who play for eight different age categories of 19 soccer clubs in Turkish First Soccer League. The significance of the distributions by birth month, distributions by quarter-year and the differences between groups were analyzed through chi-square test. For all categories, first month (January%=22.10), and first quarter (Q1%=44.44) of distributions by birth month and were found to be significantly high (p
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