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Smith K, Koopmann T, Weir P, Schorer J
Front Sports Act Living . 2024 Oct; 6:1459784. PMID: 39421796
Athlete age-grouping and age-banding has been shown to impact sport participation and athlete development. The current study examined the impact of within-year (WYEs) and between-year effects (BYEs), and their interactions...
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Smith K, Jackson D, Weir P
Sports (Basel) . 2024 Jan; 12(1). PMID: 38251304
Relative age effects (RAEs) are commonly associated with advantages for older athletes. However, a variety of benefits attributed to 'advantage reversals' have been observed among relatively younger professional athletes. Considering...
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Khan M, Kurniawan A, Khan M, Khan M, Smith K, Scharoun Benson S, et al.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) . 2023 Feb; 77(2):242-256. PMID: 36847427
Reaction time (RT) and movement times (MTs) to the first target are typically longer for two-target sequential movements compared to one-target movements. While this one-target advantage has been shown to...
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Smith K, Belanger M, Chittle L, Dixon J, Horton S, Weir P
Sports (Basel) . 2022 Jul; 10(7). PMID: 35878108
Despite their prevalence, the longitudinal impacts of relative age effects (RAEs) on sport and other forms of physical activity (PA) are understudied. This study examined longitudinal participation patterns in organized...
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Smith K, Weir P
Sports (Basel) . 2022 May; 10(5). PMID: 35622488
Sport dropout rates among children and youth are a concern for researchers and policy makers. The impact of relative age effects (RAEs) on dropout trends has not been adequately examined...
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Smith K, Scarfone S, Chittle L, Horton S, Dixon J
Front Sports Act Living . 2021 Apr; 3:635195. PMID: 33870186
Relative age effects (RAEs) have been associated with the common practice of grouping athletes by chronological age. Development and selection advantages are often awarded to those who are born closer...
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Smith K, Weir P
Front Sports Act Living . 2020 Dec; 2:552597. PMID: 33345116
Environmental context can impact youth engagement in sport and athlete development. Previous work has examined the population size of the birthplace of elite athletes; commonly known as the or ....
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Smith K, Weir P, Till K, Romann M, Cobley S
Sports Med . 2018 Apr; 48(8):1989-1990. PMID: 29667160
An Online First version of this article was made available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-018-0890-8 on 13 March 2018. Some errors were subsequently identified by the authors, particularly in regard to Table 4....
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Smith K, Weir P, Till K, Romann M, Cobley S
Sports Med . 2018 Mar; 48(6):1451-1478. PMID: 29536262
Background: Subtle differences in chronological age within sport (bi-) annual-age groupings can contribute to immediate participation and long-term attainment discrepancies; known as the relative age effect. Voluminous studies have examined...
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Smith K, Carr K, Wiseman A, Calhoun K, McNevin N, Weir P
J Aging Res . 2012 Sep; 2012:890679. PMID: 22988511
The identification of barriers to physical activity and exercise has been used for many decades to explain exercise behavior in older adults. Typically health concerns are the number one barrier...