Lingering effects of relative age in basketball players‘ post athletic career

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Nachträgliche Wirkungen des relativen Alters im Anschluss an die aktive Sportler-Karrie von Basketball-Spielern
Autor:Schorer, Jörg-Ralph; Neumann, Johannes; Cobley, Steve; Tietjens, Maike; Baker, Joseph
Erschienen in:International journal of sports science & coaching
Veröffentlicht:6 (2011), 1, S. 143-148, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:1747-9541, 2048-397X
DOI:10.1260/1747-9541.6.1.143
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201405004602
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

Relative age effects (RAEs) refer to participation and attainment variations among individuals within age-based cohorts, typical in youth-sport systems. While RAEs have often been demonstrated in active athletes, this exploratory study examined whether RAEs were influential on post athletic careers such as referees, coaches and commissioners. Data on 142 players, 26 coaches, 32 referees, and 16 commissioners were obtained from the First German basketball league for the 2009/10 season. Chi-square revealed significant RAEs for players, χ2(3) = 12.99, p < .01, ω? = .30, and for the combined group of post-athletic careers, χ2(3) = 10.22, p = .02, ω = .37, suggesting a lingering long-term trend from youth basketball to post athletic careers. RAEs are a persistent inequality in high performance sport, potentially affecting post-athletic careers. Verf.-Referat