Selection and promotion processes are not associated by the relative age effect in an elite Spanish soccer academy.

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of the relative age effect (RAE) on the selection and promotion processes in an elite soccer academy. One hundred and eleven elite youth players who belonged to an elite soccer club from the Spanish "La Liga" participated in this study. Pl...

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Main Authors: Daniel Castillo, Benito Pérez-González, Javier Raya-González, Álvaro Fernández-Luna, Pablo Burillo, Ángel Lago-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219945