Talent identification and development in male youth soccer are complex and
multidimensional processes. The English Football Association “4 Corner Model” is often …

Talent development is a key topic in sport psychology research and practice. To evaluate
what we currently know about the development of talent, this systematic review used a two …

The relative age effect (RAE) is a statistical bias observed across sport contexts and consists
of a systematic skewness in birth date distribution within an annual-age cohort. In soccer …

The relative age effect (RAE) is associated with (dis) advantages in competitive sports. While
the RAE in elite male soccer reveals a skewed birthdate distribution in relation to a certain …

This study aimed to evaluate youth-to-senior transition and the relative age effect in Italian
female football national teams. Birthdate data of 774 female players selected for Under 17 …

The talent development processes in youth football are both complex and multidimensional.
The purpose of this two-fold study was to apply a multidisciplinary, machine learning …

A common practice in youth rugby union is to group players based on (bi) annual age with
fixed cut-off dates. The overrepresentation of players born at the start of the cut-off date and …

A better understanding of the relative age effect (RAE) in youth will increase the awareness
of the need for reducing the bias of (de) selection. Thus, we investigated the RAE in youth …

In an attempt to facilitate more appropriate levels of challenge, a common practice in
academy football is to play-up talented youth players with chronologically older peers …

ABSTRACT Relative Age Effects (RAEs) appear largely throughout youth soccer. However,
little is known about how RAEs at youth levels can impact transition at senior levels …