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- Title
Influence of the Selection Level, Age and Playing Position on Relative Age Effects in Swiss Women's Soccer.
- Authors
Romann, Michael; Fuchslocher, Jörg
- Abstract
Relative age effects (RAEs) refer to age differences in the same selection year. In this study, 6,229 female soccer players representing the entire Swiss female soccer population were evaluated to determine the prevalence of RAEs in Swiss women's soccer. Significant RAEs existed in the self-selected extracurricular (n = 2987) soccer teams and the subgroup of talent development teams (n = 450) in the 10 to14 age category. No significant RAEs were found for players 15 years of age or older (n = 3242) and the subgroup of all national teams (n = 239). Additionally, significantly stronger RAEs were observed in defenders and goalkeepers compared to midfielders in national teams. Our findings show that in Switzerland, RAEs apparently influence the self selection and talent selection processes of women's soccer in the 10 to 14 age category. However, in contrast to male soccer we found no RAEs in elite women's soccer teams.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; WOMEN soccer players; AGE factors in cognition; SOCCER teams; SOCCER player recruiting; TALENT development; SOCCER midfielders
- Publication
Talent Development & Excellence, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 2, p239
- ISSN
1869-0459
- Publication type
Article