1st Edition
Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport Exploring Organizational Structures and Creating Appropriate Settings
Introduction
1. Introducing Birth Advantages and Relative Age Effects in Sport
Adam L. Kelly, Jean Côté, 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 Côté, 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 Côté, 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 Côté
12. Competitive Engineering in the Youth Sport Context: Theory, Practice, and Future Directions
Alex Murata, Jordan D. Herbison, Jean Côté, Jennifer Turnnidge, and Adam L. Kelly
Summary
13. Organizational Structures: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Jennifer Turnnidge and Adam L. Kelly
Biography
Adam L. Kelly, PhD, CSci, is a senior lecturer and course leader for sports coaching and physical education at Birmingham City University. He is a BASES Sport and Exercise Scientist and UEFA A Licenced coach. Broadly, his research interests explore organizational structures in youth sport to better understand the athlete development process and create more appropriate settings.
Jean Côté, PhD, is a professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. He is internationally renowned for his research regarding the developmental and psychosocial factors that affect sport and physical activity performance and participation.
Mark Jeffreys, MRes, is the Director of Sport and Physical Activity at Birmingham City University. While at the University of Gloucestershire, he developed and led a range of sports coaching courses. He has also been active in developing structures for sports performance and has coached a range of regional and national teams.
Jennifer Turnnidge, PhD, is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. Her collection of research explores how coach-athlete and peer relationships can promote positive development in sport. Specifically, she examines how coaches’ leadership behaviours can influence the quality of youth sport experiences.
