Hockey success and birthdate¶
Barnsley, R. H., Thompson, & Barnsley, P. E. (1985). Hockey success and birthdate: The relative age effect. Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Journal, 51(8), 23-28.
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- Opportunity Asymmetry
- Sports and athletics. Athletes born early in the selection year are selected for elite youth programs at higher rates, gaining training access that late-born peers lack, amplifying over careers—the relative-age effect Barnsley, Thompson, and Barnsley (1985) first documented in junior hockey.
This sourceFoundational documentation of relative-age effect: athletes born early in the selection year are systematically over-represented in elite junior and professional hockey, evidence of birth-timing-conditioned opportunity asymmetry.
- Sports and athletics. Athletes born early in the selection year are selected for elite youth programs at higher rates, gaining training access that late-born peers lack, amplifying over careers—the relative-age effect Barnsley, Thompson, and Barnsley (1985) first documented in junior hockey.
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