Characteristics of Relative Age Effects and Anthropometric Data in Japanese Recreational and Elite Male Junior Baseball Players

Characteristics of Relative Age Effects and Anthropometric Data in Japanese Recreational and Elite Male Junior Baseball Players

Abstract Background The mechanisms underlying the relative age effect (RAE), a biased distribution of birth dates, in sport events have been investigated for more than two decades. The present study investigated the characteristics of the RAE in baseball and anthropometric data (height and weight) a...

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Main Authors: Yoichi Katsumata, Kohei Omuro, Naotoshi Mitsukawa, Hiroki Nakata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Sports Medicine - Open
Subjects:
RAE
Sport
Japan
Adolescent
Anthropometry
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40798-018-0165-9

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