Relative age effect in junior tennis (male)

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Relative age effect in junior tennis (male)
Original language description
BACKGROUND: The issues of the age effect have been shown in sport sciences since the 1980s. The theory of age effect works on the assumption that athletes born in the beginning of a calendar year are, particularly in children's and junior age, more successful than athletes born in the end of the year. OBJECTIVE: The submitted contribution is aimed at verifying of the age effect in junior tennis. The research objective was to find out the distribution of birth date frequencies in a population of tennis players' in individual months, quarters, and half-years in the observed period 2007-2011 and to check the significance of differences. METHODS: The research was conducted on male tennis players aged 13-14 (N = 239), participants of the World Junior TennisFinals. From the methodological point of view, it was an intentional selection. The birth dates of individual tennis players were taken from official materials of the ITF, the research data were processed using Microsoft Excel. RESULTS:
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AK - Sport and leisure time activities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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