Annual Age-Grouping and Athlete Development

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Relative Age Effect and chi-squared statistics (2015, background): “Recently, there has been a growing interest in the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in the sports context (Cobley et al., 2009; Musch and Grondin, 2001).”
The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell (2012, background): “And for more advanced play, RAE has no effect on statistical measures of skill and performance (Wattie et al., 2007).1 The fading effect has also been found in handball (Schorer et al., 2009) and other sports at the elite level (for a meta-analysis, see Cobley et al., 2009).”
Relative age effect in elite sports: Methodological bias or real discrimination? (2010, background): “Bias or Real Discrimination? During the last two decades, the Relative Age Effect (RAE) has been a widely studied and commented phenomenon in the sport sciences literature (Musch & Grondin, 2001; Cobley et al., 2009). Among elite athletes, this effect is illustrated by an over-representation of ”
The Youth Physical Development Model: A New Approach to Long-Term Athletic Development (2012, background): “I n recent times, scientists and coaches have shown an increasing interest in the long-term development of young athletes (7,23,30,44,63,65,80,100,102).”