Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport : Exploring Organizational Structures and Creating Appropriate Settings (Hardcover)

Introduction 1. Introducing Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport Adam L. Kelly, Jean Cote, Mark Jeffreys, and Jennifer Turnnidge Section 1: Setting the Stage: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of Organizational Structures 2. Situating Birth Advantages Within the Youth Sport System Jean Cote, Alex Murata, Jennifer Turnnidge, and David J. Hancock 3. Organizational Structures in Sport: Methodological Considerations Jennifer Turnnidge, Emily Wright, and Alysha Matthews 4. Relative Age Effects in Rugby Union: A Narrative Review Adam L. Kelly, Don Barrell, Kate Burke, and Kevin Till Section 2: Organizational Structures: Group-banding Strategies in Youth Sport 5. "Playing-up" in Youth Soccer Daniel E. Goldman, Jennifer Turnnidge, Jean Cote, and Adam L. Kelly 6. Birthday-banding in the England Squash Talent Pathway Mark Jeffreys, Jennifer Turnnidge, and Adam L. Kelly 7. The Average Team Age Method and its Potential to Reduce Relative Age Effects Jan Verbeek, Steve Lawrence, Jorg van der Breggen, Adam L. Kelly, and Laura Jonker 8. Bio-banding in Youth Soccer: Considerations for Researchers and Practitioners Chris Thomas, Jon Oliver, and Adam L. Kelly Section 3: Creating Appropriate Settings: The Role of Socio-environmental Factors 9. How Nature and Nurture Conspire to Influence Athletic Success Alexander B. T. McAuley, Joseph Baker, and Adam L. Kelly 10. Relative Access to Wealth and Ethnicity in Professional Cricket Tom Brown and Adam L. Kelly 11. Parents’ Roles in Creating Socio-environmental Birth Advantages for Their Children David J. Hancock, Alex Murata, and Jean Cote 12. Competitive Engineering in the Youth Sport Context: Theory, Practice, and Future Directions Alex Murata, Jordan D. Herbison, Jean Cote, Jennifer Turnnidge, and Adam L. Kelly Summary 13. Organizational Structures: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Jennifer Turnnidge and Adam L. Kelly