The relative age effect reversal among the National Hockey League elite.

Like many sports in adolescence, junior hockey is organized by age groups. Typically, players born after December 31st are placed in the subsequent age cohort and as a result, will have an age advantage over those players born closer to the end of the year. While this relative age effect (RAE) has b...

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Main Authors: Luca Fumarco, Benjamin G Gibbs, Jonathan A Jarvis, Giambattista Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5555707?pdf=render