Influence of birth month to play in the Spanish professional football
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Children born later in the year of competition have lower chances of promotion due to their low degree of physical, mental and emotional maturity. This phenomenon is known as Relative Age Effect or RAE. The objective of this study is to determine if the date of birth (month of birth) is a factor in the configuration of the professional teams of Spanish football. As for the methodology, we determined the months of birth of the players of the first and second division of Spanish football. A total of 42 professional teams were analyzed. The data were arranged in semesters and quarters. The results show that there is a strong tendency for the selection of professional players born in the first quarters of the year compared to those born in the later ones. In conclusion, in Spain there is a predominance of professional football players depending on the month of birth
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Reverter-Masía, J., Adell Pla, L., Hernández-González, V., Jové-Deltell, C., & Fonseca, T. (2016). Influence of birth month to play in the Spanish professional football. Educación Física Y Ciencia, 18(2), e011. Retrieved from https://efyc.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/EFyCe011
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Del Campo, D. G. D., Vicedo, J. C. P., Villora, S. G., & Jordan, O. R. C. (2010). The relative age effect in youth soccer players from Spain. Journal of sports science & medicine, 9(2), 190.
Dudink, A. (1994). Birth date and sporting success. Nature. 368, 592.
Esteva, S., Drobnic, F., Puigdellivol, J., Serratosa, L., & Chamorro, M. (2006). Fecha de nacimiento y éxito en el baloncesto profesional. Apunts. Medicina de l'Esport, 41(149), 25-30.
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Musch, J., & Grondin, S. (2001). Unequal competition as an impediment to personal development: A review of the relative age effect in sport. Developmental review, 21(2), 147-167.
Simmons, C., & Paull, G. (2001). Season-of-birth bias in association football. Journal of Sports Sciences, 19, 677–86.
Thompson, A., Barsnley, R., & Dyck, R.A. (1999). New factor in youth suicide: the relative age effect. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 82-5.
Vaeyens, R., Philippaerts, R.M., & Malina, R.M. (2005). The relative age effect in soccer: a match-related perspective. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(7), 747–56. Disponible en: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541129/
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Williams, A., & Reilly, T. (2000) Talent identification and development in soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences, 18, 657-667