Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport: Exploring Organizational Structures and Creating Appropriate...

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Adam Kelly Jean Côté (Queen’s University, Canada)

Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport

Exploring Organizational Structures and Creating Appropriate Settings

Adam Kelly, Jean Côté (Queen’s University, Canada), Mark Jeffreys , Jennifer Turnnidge

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English

Routledge
04 June 2021

Sports training & coaching

Series: Routledge Research in Sports Coaching

Relative age effects (RAEs) refer to the participation, selection, and attainment inequalities in the immediate, short-term, and long-term in sports. Indeed, dozens of studies have identified RAEs across male and female sporting contexts. Despite its widespread prevalence, there is a paucity in the empirical research and practical application of strategies specifically designed to moderate RAEs. Thus, the purpose of this book is to situate RAEs in the context of youth sport structures, lay foundational knowledge concerning the mechanisms that underpin RAEs, and offer alternative group banding strategies aimed at moderating RAEs.

In order to enhance our knowledge on birth advantages and RAEs to create more appropriate settings, key stakeholders, such as coaches, practitioners, administrators, policy makers, and researchers, are required to understand the possible influence of and interaction between birthplace, engagement in activities, ethnicity, genetic profile, parents, socioeconomic status, and relative age. Thus, in addition to RAEs and alternative group banding strategies, Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport also examines the role of additional birth advantages and socio-environmental factors that young athletes may experience in organized youth sport.

Drawing from both empirical research and practical examples, this book comprises three parts: (a) organizational structures, (b) group banding strategies, and (c) socio-environmental factors. Overall, this book broadens our understanding of the methodological, contextual, and practical considerations within organizational structures in sport to create more appropriate settings, and strive to make positive, impactful change to lived youth sport experiences.

This book will be of vital reading to academics, researchers, and key stakeholders of sports coaching, athlete development, and youth sport, as well as other related disciplines.

Edited by: Adam Kelly, Jean Côté (Queen’s University, Canada), Mark Jeffreys, Jennifer Turnnidge
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 512g
ISBN: 9780367357801
ISBN 10: 0367357801
Series: Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 04 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction 1. Introducing Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport Part 1: Setting the Stage: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of Organizational Structures 2. Situating Birth Advantages Within the Youth Sport System 3. Organizational Structures in Sport: Methodological Considerations 4. Relative Age Effects in Rugby Union: A Narrative Review Part 2: Organizational Structures: Group-banding Strategies in Youth Sport 5. ""Playing-up"" in Youth Soccer 6. Birthday-banding in the England Squash Talent Pathway 7. The Average Team Age Method and its Potential to Reduce Relative Age Effects 8. Bio-banding in Youth Soccer: Considerations for Researchers and Practitioners Part 3: Creating Appropriate Settings: The Role of Socio-environmental Factors 9. How Nature and Nurture Conspire to Influence Athletic Success 10. Relative Access to Wealth and Ethnicity in Professional Cricket 11. Parents’ Roles in Creating Socio-environmental Birth Advantages for Their Children 12. Competitive Engineering in the Youth Sport Context: Theory, Practice, and Future Directions Summary 13. Organizational Structures: Looking Back and Looking Ahead"

Adam L. Kelly, PhD, CSci, is a senior lecturer and course leader for sports coaching and physical education at Birmingham City University. He is a BASES Sport and Exercise Scientist and UEFA A Licenced coach. Broadly, his research interests explore organizational structures in youth sport to better understand the athlete development process and create more appropriate settings. Jean Côté, PhD, is a professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. He is internationally renowned for his research regarding the developmental and psychosocial factors that affect sport and physical activity performance and participation. Mark Jeffreys, MRes, is the Director of Sport and Physical Activity at Birmingham City University. While at the University of Gloucestershire, he developed and led a range of sports coaching courses. He has also been active in developing structures for sports performance and has coached a range of regional and national teams. Jennifer Turnnidge, PhD, is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. Her collection of research explores how coach-athlete and peer relationships can promote positive development in sport. Specifically, she examines how coaches’ leadership behaviours can influence the quality of youth sport experiences.