Relative age effect in elite swimmers in U14 Czech Championship

J 2022

Relative age effect in elite swimmers in U14 Czech Championship

BOZDĚCH, Michal, Adrián AGRICOLA, Adam KŘEHKÝ, Petr SCHLEGEL, Jiří ZHÁNĚL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Relative age effect in elite swimmers in U14 Czech Championship

Authors

BOZDĚCH, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Adrián AGRICOLA (703 Slovakia), Adam KŘEHKÝ, Petr SCHLEGEL and Jiří ZHÁNĚL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studia Sportiva, Masaryk University Faculty of Sports Studies, 2022, 1802-7679

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/22:00126346

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/StS2022-1-2

Keywords in English

birthdate; performance; sport; swimming; sex; adolescence

Abstract

V originále

PUrPoSEThe issue of the Relative Age Effect (RAE) has been studied in the theory of sports for more than 30 years. Most studies concentrate on team sports, while the area of some individual sports like swimming can be considered still underexplored. MEthoDS The aim of our study was to verify the RAE in young elite swimmers (n = 198) who participa-ted in Czech Republic U14 Championship (1) in male and female samples (2) according to swimming disciplines and distances (3) and performance (times in individual disciplines) between individual quartiles / semesters of birth. The analysis was performed with the use of adequate statistical (chi--square test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Mann-Whitney U test) and effect size (effect size w index, eta-square test, effect size r index) tests. rESUltS The results showed a different intensity of RAE sex-differences (male: w = 0.033; female: w = 0.006). In the division by the swimming disciplines and swimming distances, statistically significant values with large effect size were found in males in 50 m freestyle, 200 m individual medley, 100 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly. However, this did not apply for girls. Analysis of differences in performance showed a significant difference between the dependent variables (sex, distance, discipline) by different independent variables of quartile / semester of birth with large effect size only in cases of male 100 m breaststroke and female 200 m individual medley. ConClUSIonSThe issue of RAE should be circulated among the coaches working with youth, athletes, sports organizations, but also parents of athletes in order to avoid the termination of actively spent time or drop-outs.

Citovat

BOZDĚCH, Michal, Adrián AGRICOLA, Adam KŘEHKÝ, Petr SCHLEGEL and Jiří ZHÁNĚL. Relative age effect in elite swimmers in U14 Czech Championship. Studia Sportiva. Masaryk University Faculty of Sports Studies, 2022, vol. 16, No 1, p. 13-22. ISSN 1802-7679. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/StS2022-1-2.

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BOZDĚCH, Michal, Adrián AGRICOLA, Adam KŘEHKÝ, Petr SCHLEGEL and Jiří ZHÁNĚL. Relative age effect in elite swimmers in U14 Czech Championship. \textit{Studia Sportiva}. Masaryk University Faculty of Sports Studies, 2022, vol.~16, No~1, p.~13-22. ISSN~1802-7679. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/StS2022-1-2.

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