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Author Kelly, Adam L

Title Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport Exploring Organizational Structures and Creating Appropriate Settings
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (271 p.)
Series Routledge Research in Sports Coaching Ser
Routledge Research in Sports Coaching Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- About the contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Introducing birth advantages and relative age effects in sport -- Part I Setting the stage: conceptual and methodological foundations of organizational structures -- 2 Situating birth advantages within the youth sport system -- 3 Organizational structures in sport: methodological considerations -- 4 Relative age effects in rugby union: a narrative review
Part II Organizational structures: group banding strategies in youth sport -- 5 "Playing-up" in youth soccer -- 6 Birthday-banding in the England Squash Talent Pathway -- 7 The average team age method and its potential to reduce relative age effects -- 8 Bio-banding in youth soccer: considerations for researchers and practitioners -- Part III Creating appropriate settings: the role of socio-environmental factors -- 9 How nature and nurture conspire to influence athletic success -- 10 Relative access to wealth and ethnicity in professional cricket
11 Parents' roles in creating socio-environmental birth advantages for their children -- 12 Competitive engineering in the youth sport context: theory, practice, and future directions -- Summary -- 13 Organizational structures: looking back and looking ahead -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
Author Côté, Jean
Jeffreys, Mark
Turnnidge, Jennifer
ISBN 9781000394887
1000394883