The relative age effect, height and weight characteristics among lower and upper secondary school athletes in Norway and Sweden.

Autor/inn/en	Sæther, Stig Arve; Peterson, Tomas; Matin, Vazjwar
Titel	The relative age effect, height and weight characteristics among lower and upper secondary school athletes in Norway and Sweden. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Relativer Alterseffekt, Größe und Gewicht bei Sportlern im Sekundarstufenalter in Norwegen und Schweden.
Quelle	In: Sports, 5 (2017) 4, [9 S.] PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2075-4663
DOI	10.3390/sports5040092
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Lebensalter; Sekundarbereich; Schüler; Körperbau; Körpergewicht; Körpergröße; Anthropometrie; Alter; Sportler
Abstract	The relative age effect (RAE) has been found among youth elite athletes within a range of sports. However, the RAE has been studied to a lesser degree among youth non-elite athletes, and even less among school pupils attending sport specialisation programmes (SSPs). The aim of the present study was to investigate RAE, height, and weight, and compare Swedish lower secondary school and Norwegian upper secondary school pupils. Study 1 includes 156 lower secondary school athletes (95 boys and 61 girls) following an SSP in Sweden, while study 2 includes 111 upper secondary school athletes (81 boys and 30 girls) from two Norwegian schools. The RAE was found in both male groups, but only in Swedish girls. Furthermore, the relationship between birth month, height, and weight was found to be non-significant. These results indicate a vital RAE effect among youth non-elite athletes attending SSPs in both lower and upper secondary schools. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2019/1