“More players can reach national and international levels”: coaches perceptions of “birthday-banding” in youth squash and its potential for minimising relative age effects

Relative age effects (RAEs) are common across many youth sports that use age group structures to band athletes. This creates a significant overrepresentation of those who are born near the start of the selection cut-off date across talent pathways compared to those born towards the end. In an attemp...

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Main Authors: Adam L. Kelly, Achuthan Shanmugaratnam, Kathryn Johnston, Joseph Baker, Matthew Ferguson, Mark Jeffreys, Josh Taylor, Alexander B. T. McAuley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2025.1618333/full
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