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EXPERT ADVANTAGE QTR
July/August/September 2011
Vol. 1, No. 3

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TALENT . . . big equalizer of relative age effect in professional sports

BloodyElbow.com, January 20, 2012 -- In his recent best-seller, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell claims that in any group of elite athletes:

       40% will have been born between January and March
       30% between April and June
       20% between July and September
       10% between October and December

It's known as the relative-age-effect. It's a compelling theory at amateur and youth levels of sport. Analysis shows, however, that the relative-age-effect actually peaks just before and then disappears at the elite and professional ranks.

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