Basketball talent identification: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the anthropometric, physiological and physical performance factors

M Han, MA Gómez-Ruano, AL Calvo… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The purpose of this study was to do a systematic review and meta-analysis
about the anthropometric, physiological, and physical performance that discriminate the …

Youth-to-senior transition in women's and girls' football: Towards a better understanding of relative age effects and gender-specific considerations

PR Brustio, R Modena, G Boccia, M Vogliazzo… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This study aimed to evaluate youth-to-senior transition and the relative age effect in Italian
female football national teams. Birthdate data of 774 female players selected for Under 17 …

Does predicted age at peak height velocity explain physical performance in U13–15 basketball female players?

K Gryko, JG Adamczyk, A Kopiczko, JL Calvo… - BMC Sports Science …, 2022 - Springer
Background The aims of the study were (1) to identify the physical fitness and basic
anthropometric characteristics of Polish female basketball players aged 13–15 years,(2) to …

The effect of age, biological maturation and birth quartile in the kinanthropometric and physical fitness differences between male and female adolescent volleyball …

M Albaladejo-Saura, R Vaquero-Cristóbal… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Differences in kinanthropometric and physical fitness performance between
boys and girls usually start during adolescence, as a result of the changes in the hormonal …

Talent Identification: Time to Move Forward on Estimation of Potentials? Proposed Explanations and Promising Methods

A Sedeaud, A Difernand, Q De Larochelambert, Y Irid… - Sports Medicine, 2025 - Springer
The scientific literature on talent identification is extensive, with significant advancements
made over the past 30 years. However, as with any field, the translation of research into …

Relative age effects and the youth-to-senior transition in Italian soccer: the underdog hypothesis versus knock-on effects of relative age

G Morganti, AL Kelly, G Apollaro… - … and Medicine in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Relative Age Effects (RAEs) appear largely throughout youth soccer. However,
little is known about how RAEs at youth levels can impact transition at senior levels …

Scientific production on the relative age effect in sport: bibliometric analysis of the last 9 years (2015-2023)

BAB Patiño, JJV Murcia, SC Contreras… - … en educación física …, 2024 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Objective. To conduct a bibliometric analysis of scientific production regarding the relative
age effect in sport, using data from the PubMed and Scopus databases spanning from …

Relative age effect reversal on the junior-to-senior transition in world-class athletics

PR Brustio, M Stival, G Boccia - Journal of Sports Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The relative age effect (RAE) is a selection bias resulting from the interaction between the
selected dates and birthdates. Nevertheless, the impact of birthdate on the junior-to-senior …

Selection-dependent differences in youth elite basketball players' relative age, maturation-related characteristics, and motor performance

D Leyhr, D Rösch, SP Cumming… - Research quarterly for …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of players' relative
age, maturation-related characteristics, and motor performance tests on two different stages …

What Variables Allow the Differentiation between More and Less Successful Adolescent Volleyball Players?

M Albaladejo-Saura… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kinanthropometric and physical fitness variables have been habitually used for the detection
of sports talent in adolescent populations. Considering these variables, players who …