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The relative age effect among elite youth competitive swimmers

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dc.contributor.authorCosta, Aldo M.
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Mário C.
dc.contributor.authorLouro, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Sandra S.
dc.contributor.authorMarinho, Daniel A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-09T14:19:31Z
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dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to analyse the relative age effect (RAE) in competitive swimming. The best 50 Portuguese swimmers (12- to 18-year-olds) for the main individual swimming pool events of both genders were considered. Analysis was conducted on 7813 swimming event participants, taking account of respective swimmer birth dates and the Fédération Internationale de Natation points gained. Differences in the distribution of birth dates by quarter year were determined using the Chi-square. A one-way analysis of variance ANOVA was used to test for differences measured in points between individuals by quarterly birth year intervals. A two-way analysis of variance ANOVA was also conducted to test the interaction between gender and seasonal birth date with regard to performance. The results show an inequitable distribution (p<0.01) of birth dates by quarter for almost all age groups and both genders. However, the distribution of birth dates by quarter for each considered swim event shows that RAE seems to exist only for 12-year-old females and 12- to 15-year-old males. Analysing mean swimming performance, post-hoc results (p<0.01) show no consistency in RAE. Higher performance occurs among older swimmers only in 100 m butterfly (female 1998, 1st≠2nd quarter, p=0.003). The results also show no interaction between gender and seasonal birth date (p<0.01). Findings of this study show that a higher number of swimmers, particular males, are born in the first two quarters of the year, although there is mostly no effect of seasonal birth date on performance differences within the top 50 swimmers.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMarques, M. C. , Louro, H. , Ferreira, S. S. & Marinho, D. A. (2013) .The relative age effect among elite youth competitive swimmers, European Journal of Sport Science, 13,(5), 437-444. DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2012.742571pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17461391.2012.742571pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1536-7290
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3567
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17461391.2012.742571pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectadolescentpt_PT
dc.subjectage Factorspt_PT
dc.subjectagingpt_PT
dc.subjectathletic performancept_PT
dc.subjectchildpt_PT
dc.subjectfemalept_PT
dc.subjecthumanspt_PT
dc.subjectmalept_PT
dc.subjectretrospective studiespt_PT
dc.subjectswimmingpt_PT
dc.titleThe relative age effect among elite youth competitive swimmerspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage444pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue5pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage437pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Sport Sciencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume13pt_PT
person.familyNameLouro
person.givenNameHugo
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