Relative Age Effect on basketball. The case of Chinese professional basketball players

IF 0.7 Q4 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of Sport and Health Research Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI:10.58727/jshr.97522

Jairo León-Quismondo, José Bonal, Álvaro Fernández-Luna, P. Burillo, Benito Pérez-González

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Abstract

The Relative Age Effect (RAE) consists of an asymmetry in the birth distribution, involving an overrepresentation of people born in the first months of the year playing different activities. Out of Europe, the background and research on this topic are not as consistent, especially in the sports field. China hosts the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), which is the main basketball league in Asia. Thus, in the present study, we analyzed the existence of the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in the CBA during the season 2017/2018. Participants were professional basketball players who participated in the competition (n=318) with an average age of 26.98 ± 4.18 years. The existence of RAE was found for all players. Analyzing the players by their position on the pitch, RAE was found at point guards and shooting guards (p<0.001). The greater RAE effect on these positions could be explained by the specific physical and performance requirements of point guards and shooting guards. Our results suggest that China is not an exception in the existing bias about the selection of talent based on the date of birth of players, which generates unequal opportunities in early categories.

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相对年龄对篮球的影响。以中国职业篮球运动员为例

相对年龄效应（RAE）是指出生分布中的不对称现象，即在一年中的前几个月出生的人从事不同活动的比例过高。在欧洲以外的国家，有关这一主题的背景和研究并不一致，尤其是在体育领域。中国举办的中国篮球协会（CBA）是亚洲主要的篮球联赛。因此，在本研究中，我们分析了2017/2018赛季CBA联赛中相对年龄效应（RAE）的存在情况。参与者为参加比赛的职业篮球运动员（n=318），平均年龄为（26.98 ± 4.18）岁。所有球员均存在 RAE。根据球员在球场上的位置进行分析，发现控球后卫和投篮后卫存在 RAE（P<0.001）。得分后卫和投篮后卫对体能和表现有特殊要求，这可能是这些位置的 RAE 影响更大的原因。我们的研究结果表明，在根据球员出生日期选拔人才的现有偏见中，中国并非特例，这种偏见造成了早期组别的机会不平等。

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Journal of Sport and Health Research HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Sport and Healt Research is a multidisciplinary journal that features investigations, studies, and reviews. The journal aim is to serve as a tool for scientific spreading and scientific research in the field of physical activity and health. On that score, the journal includes issues that are related to physical activity, sports, health and education.

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