The Relationship Between Aerobic Fitness, Gross and Fine Motor Skills, and Academic Achievement Among First Grade Students in Urban Schools and the Role the Relative Age Effect may have on These Variables

This study aims to investigate the effect of relative age effect on the development of fundamental movement skills in boys and girls. Data were collected from primary school first grade 22 boys and 33 girls students aged 5-6 years. Three age groups have been formed as 68-76, 77-80 and 81-89 months for boys, 71-75, 76-80 and 81-84 months for girls, respectively. Fundamental movement skill levels have been determined by the Test of Gross Motor Development. This study showed that the body height of boys and the body mass index of girls were significantly differentiated according to age groups. Only leap in male and side gallop skill in females were also significantly differentiated according to age groups. The limited effect of the relative age effect in this study may be due to the inactive lifestyle of children, the lack of pre-school movement education, and interactions between inadequate socio-economic and environmental conditions in Turkey. Keywords: Relative age, fundamental movement skills, children.

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Relative Age Effect and the Re-Selection of Danish Male Handball Players for National Teams

Journal of Human Kinetics ◽

10.2478/hukin-2018-0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 33-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Christian M. Wrang ◽

Niels N. Rossing ◽

Rasmus M. Diernæs ◽

Christoffer G. Hansen ◽

Claus Dalgaard-Hansen ◽

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Keyword(s):

National Level ◽

Late Adolescence ◽

Age Effect ◽

Relative Age ◽

Relative Age Effect ◽

Talent Selection ◽

The Relationship ◽

Selection Of

Abstract The relationship between the date of birth and expertise in various sports among both elite and youth level athletes is well established, and known as the relative age effect (RAE). However, new results in for example Canadian Hockey and British cricket and rugby have indicated a reversal of RAE among selected talents where the youngest athletes are more likely to remain selected than their older peers. As such, RAE may therefore depend on the age and the level of competition. The purpose of this study was therefore to analyse RAE from the youth to senior national level in a sample of successful Danish male national teams. The sample included 244 players from Danish under-19, under-21 and senior national levels. These players have been part of successful teams, winning 18 medals at 24 youth European and World championships and 8 medals during 12 years at the senior level. The results showed a significant RAE on both youth and national levels. However, RAE was less marked from the under-19 to under-21 and further to the senior national level. Results show that at the national youth level talent selection favours the relatively older players, of whom a larger proportion fails to be re-selected to the senior level compared to their younger peers. RAE appears to play a central and reversing role in the identification and re-selection in Danish male handball. The results also show that the presence of both a constant and constituent year structure affects RAE, even when introduced at late adolescence.

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Relative Age effect of Dance : Focused on college Dance major

Korean Journal of Sports Science ◽

10.35159/kjss.2019.02.28.1.995 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 995-1004

Author(s):

Hye-Ryeon Kim ◽

Ji-Yong Lee

Keyword(s):

Age Effect ◽

Relative Age ◽

Relative Age Effect

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Born Leaders: The Relative-Age Effect and Managerial Success

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1154728 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Qianqian Du ◽

Huasheng Gao ◽

Maurice D. Levi

Keyword(s):

Age Effect ◽

Relative Age ◽

Managerial Success ◽

Relative Age Effect

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Differences on Motor Competence in 4-Year-Old Boys and Girls Regarding the Quarter of Birth: Is There a Relative Age Effect?

Children ◽

10.3390/children8020141 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 141

Author(s):

Rubén Navarro-Patón ◽

Víctor Arufe-Giráldez ◽

Alberto Sanmiguel-Rodríguez ◽

Marcos Mecías-Calvo

Keyword(s):

Age Effect ◽

Manual Dexterity ◽

Motor Competence ◽

Relative Age ◽

Relative Age Effect ◽

Two Factors ◽

Movement Assessment ◽

Gender Factor ◽

Main Effects ◽

Total Test

The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences on motor competence between boys and girls aged 4 years old and investigate the existence of Relative Age Effect on their motor competence. In total, 132 preschool children were evaluated, of whom 60 (45.50%) were girls and 72 (54.5%) were boys. The distribution of the participants was from quarter 1 [n = 28 (21.2%)], quarter 2 [n = 52 (39.4%)], quarter 3 [n = 24 (18.2%)], and quarter 4 [(n = 28 (21.2%)], respectively. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to collect the data. The data show the main effects on quarter of birth factor in manual dexterity (MD; p < 0.001), in aiming and catching (A&C; p < 0.001), in balance (Bal; p < 0.001) and in total test score (TTS; p < 0.001). There are also statistical differences on gender factor in MD (p < 0.001) and in TTS (p = 0.031). A significant effect was also found in the interaction between two factors (gender and quarter of birth) in MD (p < 0.001), A&C (p < 0.001), and Bal (p < 0.001). There are differences in all the variables studied according to the quarter of birth and only in manual dexterity and in the total score if compared according to gender (the scores are higher in girls).

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Self-regulation moderates the relationship between fine motor skills and writing in early childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly ◽

10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.06.010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 57 ◽

pp. 239-250

Author(s):

Madison C. Chandler ◽

Hope K. Gerde ◽

Ryan P. Bowles ◽

Kyla Z. McRoy ◽

Matthew B. Pontifex ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

The Relationship

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Relative Age Effect on Motor Competence in Children Aged 4–5 Years

Children ◽

10.3390/children8020115 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 115

Author(s):

Rubén Navarro-Patón ◽

Marcos Mecías-Calvo ◽

José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández ◽

Víctor Arufe-Giráldez

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Test Score ◽

Age Effect ◽

Manual Dexterity ◽

Motor Competence ◽

Relative Age ◽

Relative Age Effect ◽

Movement Assessment ◽

Total Test ◽

Total Test Score

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a Relative Age Effect (RAE) exists in motor competence of preschool children. The hypothesis was that motor competence, assessed by the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2), would be higher in preschool children born in the first quarter of the year compared to those who were born in the last quarter of the same year. A total of 360 preschool children were evaluated of whom 208 (57.8%) were boys and 152 (42.8%) were girls, with a mean age of 4.52 years old (± 0.50). The distribution of the participants was 172 children aged 4 years old and 188 aged 5 years old. The data showed a main effect on the age factor in the total score of aiming and catching (p < 0.001) and in the total test score (p < 0.001), in the quarter of birth factor in all the dimensions studied (i.e., total score of manual dexterity (p < 0.001); total score of aiming and catching (p = 0.001); total score of balance (p < 0.001); total test score (p < 0.001)) and in the interaction between both factors (i.e., total score of manual dexterity (p = 0.005); total score of aiming and catching (p = 0.002); total score of balance (p < 0.001); total test score (p < 0.001)). Age and quarter of birth produce a RAE in 4 and 5-year-old preschool children’s motor competence.

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