Sustainable Sport Development: The Influence of Competitive-Grouping and Relative Age on the Performance of Young Triathletes
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Title: | Sustainable Sport Development: The Influence of Competitive-Grouping and Relative Age on the Performance of Young Triathletes |
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Authors: | Ferriz Valero, Alberto | García Martínez, Salvador | Olaya-Cuartero, Javier | García-Jaén, Miguel |
Research Group/s: | Research in Physical Education, Fitness and Performance (RIPEFAP) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Didáctica General y Didácticas Específicas |
Keywords: | Triathlon | Maturity | Talent identification | Youth | Children | Swim | Cycle | Run | Performance indicator |
Knowledge Area: | Educación Física y Deportiva |
Issue Date: | 21-Aug-2020 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Ferriz-Valero A, García Martínez S, Olaya-Cuartero J, García-Jaén M. Sustainable Sport Development: The Influence of Competitive-Grouping and Relative Age on the Performance of Young Triathletes. Sustainability. 2020; 12(17):6792. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176792 |
Abstract: | Competitive-grouping by chronological age is a common organizational strategy in competition which may unintentionally promote relative age effects, for the benefit of older individuals within the same competitive-group, especially in young athletes. This work presents the aim of analyzing differences in young triathletes on their performance within each competitive group. A total of 1243 entries of both sexes, both children—13–14 years old—and cadets—15–17 years old—participated. Firstly, we identified the year in the competitive group and relative-age semester for all the triathletes who competed in a total of six seasons from 2013 to 2018. Secondly, the performance indicator was calculated in all the segments in a triathlon competition for all triathletes. The Kruskal-Wallis Test and U Mann Whitney Test was applied. It was observed that all cadet triathletes born in the first semester of the year (S1, born in January–June) were faster; for both boys and girls. Likewise, it was observed that older triathletes who competed within the same category were faster, but only in males and for both competitive groups: children (p < 0.0083), and cadet (p < 0.0033). In conclusion, families, coaches and sports political agencies need a greater knowledge and understanding of the effects of relative age and competitive grouping to understand the important role of age in the development of sports talent demonstrated in this study. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/108635 |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
DOI: | 10.3390/su12176792 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176792 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - HEALTH-TECH - Artículos de Revistas INV - EDUCAPHYS - Artículos de Revistas INV - SCAPE - Artículos de Revistas |
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