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Title: | Age and Maturation Matter in Youth Elite Soccer, but Depending on Competitive Level and Gender | Authors: | Ginés, Honorato J. Huertas, Florentino García Calvo, Tomás Ponce-Bordón, Jose Carlos Figueiredo, António J. Ballester, Rafael |
Keywords: | grassroot; maturity age; performance expectations; relative age effect; talent selection | Issue Date: | 21-Jan-2023 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, grant number CIGE/2021/043 | Serial title, monograph or event: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | Volume: | 20 | Issue: | 3 | Abstract: | This study aimed to explore the relevance of the relative age effect (RAE), maturity status and anthropometry, and their influence on coaches' assessment of players' performance, analyzing both genders and different types of academies (elite vs. non-elite). The sample included 603 soccer players (385 male), from the under 12 (U12), under 14 (U14) and under 16 (U16) categories, belonging to elite and nonelite teams. Coaches' assessment of players' performance, chronological age, anthropometric characteristics, maturity offset (MO) and peak height velocity (PHV) were registered. Our results showed that RAE was present in both genders within the elite, but not in the nonelite academies. Early maturity players were overrepresented in the male elite, but not in the female academies. No relationship was found between RAE and anthropometry in male elite academies. Male elite players showed better anthropometric characteristics than nonelite players, while this pattern of results was not found for female players. The coaches' assessment on players' current performance was not influenced by the chronological age nor anthropometry, but it was linked to the PHV. Coaches from nonelite academies rated better in current assessment of performance the taller players. Our findings suggest that maturity status and RAE play an independent and important role in the talent selection process. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113970 | ISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20032015 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCDEF - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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