Introduction and purpose:There is a lack of published data on the anthropometric and relativeage effect of elite youth field hockey players. Purposes: (a) To establish the anthropometric characteristics of elite junior Argentine male field hockey players; (b) to look for differences in physique, years of playing and birth-date effect between the final players selected to make up the team and those who were not selected out of the original pre-selected sample; and (c) to establish whether there are any differences in proportional limb lengths between elite junior hockey players and a local reference sample. Methods: Thirty five elite Argentine junior field hockey players pre-selected to form the base of the national junior team for the 2005 Junior World Cup (Age 19.0 ± 1.0 years; weight 70.7 ± 5.4 kg; height 176.4 ± 6.4 cm). A full anthropometric battery including lengths, heights, breadths, girths, and skinfolds, plus number of years playing and date of birth. Results: No statistically significant differences were found in skeletal structural dimensions when compared to a reference sample, nor between finally selected and non-selected players in anthropometric dimensions, playing history (P = .11) and relative-age effect (P = .11). Conclusion: Male field hockey is a sport with normal bone-structural requirements, and with a lack of birth-date effect in Argentina.
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