The influence of the relative age effect on the position and technical-tactical performance in elite level football academies

Honorato José Ginés ^[1] ; Christopher Dowling ^[2] ; Karim Hamidi ^[1] ; Rafael Ballester ^[1] ; Florentino Huertas ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
  
  Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
  
  Valencia, España
2. [2] Liverpool John Moores University
  
  Liverpool John Moores University
  
  Reino Unido
Localización: Actividad física y deporte: ciencia y profesión, ISSN 1578-2484, ISSN-e 2659-8930, Nº. 31, 2019, págs. 55-56
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Society, with the intention of creating homogeneous groups in different contexts (school, sports etc.) uses chronological age as the criteria for grouping. Given that the different capacities that make up sport performance (technical, tactical, physical and social environment and hereditary factors, Weineck, 2005) can be affected by the evolutionary development of the players. The present study attempts to explore if the relative age effect (RAE) is related to the assignment of certain positions for players by the coaches, and if this phenomenon demonstrates a relationship with the technical-tactical performance of the player