Relative Age Effect and Talent Identification in Youth Volleyball Players from the Polish Volleyball Federation Sports School

Śliwa Marcin (), Sadowski Jerzy and Buszta Mariusz
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Śliwa Marcin: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biała Podlaska, Department of Sports Sciences, Poland
Sadowski Jerzy: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biała Podlaska, Department of Sports Sciences, Poland
Buszta Mariusz: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Poland

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2021, vol. 28, issue 4, 21-25

Abstract: Introduction. This study sought to determine differences in the quarterly age distribution of young Polish volleyball players from the Sports School of the Polish Volleyball Federation (SS PVF), to investigate quarterly differences in anthropometric characteristics and jump test results. Material and Methods. RAE of young players from SS PVF (n = 232) born between 1989 and 2002 was identified in the course of the research. Furthermore, the study included anthropometric characteristics and jump test results (attack jump – AJ). Results. The chi-square test (χ2) revealed the overrepresentation of volleyball players born in quarters 1 and 2, both in the case of graduates (χ2 = 27.32, p

Keywords: volleyball; player selection; age effect; birth quarter; attack jump; championship players (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/pjst-2021-0022

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