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Podcast: The Perception & Action Podcast
Episode: 35C – Sports Science Shorts: Reversal of the Relative Age Effect
Description: Does the advantage of being relatively older (i.e., being born in Jan, Feb or March) hold up when the highest levels of sport are examined? Why might this effect reverse, giving a clear advantage to the relatively young underdogs?  Articles: Annual age grouping and athlete development: A meta-analytical review of relative age effect in sport No Relative Age Effect in the Birth Dates of Award Winning Athletes in Male Professional Team Sports Selection bias and peer effects in team sports: The effect of age grouping on earnings of Ge...