The Relative Age Effect at the Ice Hockey World Championships (IHWC) in the years 2015-2017

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18440%2F20%3A50017601" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18440/20:50017601 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14510/20:00117783

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.johk.pl/files/10078-75-2020-v75-2020-13.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.johk.pl/files/10078-75-2020-v75-2020-13.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2020-0044" target="_blank" >10.2478/hukin-2020-0044</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Relative Age Effect at the Ice Hockey World Championships (IHWC) in the years 2015-2017

Original language description

The relative age effect (RAE) theory is based on the premise that athletes born in the first months of the calendar year have a significant probability of a higher level of physiological, morphological and psychological abilities compared to later-born athletes. The aim of our study was to verify the influence of the RAE on adult ice hockey players, specifically Ice Hockey World Championships&apos; (IHWC) participants in the years 2015-2017 (n = 1,200). Based on the chi-squared (chi(2)) analysis, the influence of the RAE during the 2015-2017 period could not be rejected for all observed players (chi(2) = 54.6, p &lt; 0.01, w = 0.21) or for all the players for particular years (2015, 2016, and 2017; p &lt; 0.01). During the monitored period (2015-2017), the RAE could not be rejected for any player&apos;s position (forward, defender, or goaltender). Based on the effect size analysis (Cohen&apos;s w), the strongest RAE was observed among goaltenders (w = 0.31), then forwards (w = 0.24) and finally defenders (w = 0.15). The assessment of player&apos;s positions in particular years showed statistical significance for goaltenders only in 2015 (chi(2) = 11.3, p &lt; 0.05). With regard to forwards, significance was confirmed for 2015 (chi(2) = 8.5, p &lt; 0.05), 2016 (chi(2) = 15.2, p &lt; 0.01) and 2017 (chi(2) = 14.3, p &lt; 0.01). Therefore, the presence of the RAE could not be rejected for all these cases. The results of the research show that members of national teams in the years 2015-2017 were players who were chronologically older, which is consistent with the results of other authors addressing the RAE.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50901 - Other social sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Human Kinetics

ISSN

1640-5544

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

75

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

150-159

UT code for WoS article

000590449400013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85096318434