Initial identification and selection bias versus the eventual confirmation of talent : evidence for the benefits of a rocky road?
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Vorausgehende Tendenzen bei der Identifikation und der Auswahl vs. der Bestätigung eines Talentes im Nachhinein : Belege für die Vorteile eines steinigen Weges? |
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Autor: | McCarthy, Neil; Collins, Dave |
Erschienen in: | Journal of sports sciences |
Veröffentlicht: | 32 (2014), 17, S. 1604-1610, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0264-0414, 1466-447X |
DOI: | 10.1080/02640414.2014.908322 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201501000483 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The relative age effect (RAE), whereby earlier birthdate children within a selection year are more commonly selected as talented, has been highlighted in the literature. As a consequence, these young athletes get into specialised training earlier and in greater numbers, leading (it is suggested) to a disproportionate opportunity for success. However, this disproportionality seems not to be manifest in senior teams. Accordingly, we examine the identification and conversion rates for academy rugby players, examining a sample of all players passing into and either graduating, or being dismissed from, a major English rugby academy. Data demonstrated a reversal of the RAE “benefit”, whereby late-birth players were less likely to be selected, but more likely to achieve senior professional status. Possible reasons are explored and, on the basis of our data, we propose a psychologically based explanation of greater “growth” due to additional challenge experienced by these initially disadvantaged younger players. Verf.-Referat.