Are performance trajectories associated with relative age in French top 100 youth table tennis players? - A longitudinal approach.

Although relative age effects in sports have been studied worldwide, the underlying mechanisms are still under debate. This study adds to the existing knowledge by providing a further exploration of the association between relative age and the performance trajectories over four years in youth player...

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Main Authors: Irene R Faber, Guillaume Martinent, Valérian Cece, Jörg Schorer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231926