Achievement Despite Adversity: A Qualitative Investigation of Undrafted National Hockey League Players

Herbison, Jordan D.; Martin, Luc J.; Sarkar, Mustafa

doi:10.1123/tsp.2018-0037

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“…(102) proposed discouraging early deselection, particularly during adolescence, to allow continued exposure to higher-level coaching and resources without the option of being deselected. However, previous research has illustrated that repeated incidences of selection and deselection may be more beneficial to achieving senior professional status (50). Thus, further research is required to address whether the avoidance of deselection within a talent pathway is beneficial for achieving long-term expertise in soccer.…”

Section: Relative Age Effectmentioning

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Physical Characteristics and the Talent Identification and Development Processes in Male Youth Soccer: A Narrative Review

Kelly

Williams

2020

Strength &Amp; Conditioning Journal

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Talent identification and development in male youth soccer are complex and multidimensional processes. The English FA 'Four Corner Model' is often adopted by academies to support coaches and practitioners to implement a multidisciplinary approach to their talent identification and development framework. This holistic approach is characterised by Technical/Tactical, Psychological, Social, and Physicalattributes, which are central to academy recruitment and individual long-term athlete development. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a critical synthesis of the Physical characteristics within this model, which facilitate talent identification and development; namely physical performance, growth and maturation, and the relative age effect.

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Section: Relative Age Effectmentioning

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Physical Characteristics and the Talent Identification and Development Processes in Male Youth Soccer: A Narrative Review

Kelly

Williams

2020

Strength &Amp; Conditioning Journal

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“…Like professional soccer, the pathways toward elite or professional hockey are paved with many obstacles that can be overcome with a high degree of resilience, motivation, and determination. A good example of the importance of such factors comes from Herbison et al ( 2019 ), who underlined the importance of considering competitiveness, passion, and confidence as factors associated with the capacity to overcome obstacles among undrafted NHL players. Under such circumstances, late-born players who evolved in positive and favorable environments are potentially less affected by RAEs, which means that their social environments (coaches, parents, and teammates) may interact favorably toward the development of these psychological assets.…”

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Relative Age Effect in Canadian Hockey: Prevalence, Perceived Competence and Performance

Lemoyne

Pelletier

Trudeau

et al. 2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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The term “relative age effect” (RAE) is used to describe a bias in which participation in sports (and other fields) is higher among people who were born at the beginning of the relevant selection period than would be expected from the distribution of births. In sports, RAEs may affect the psychological experience of players as well as their performance. This article presents 2 studies. Study 1 aims to verify the prevalence of RAEs in minor hockey and test its associations with players' physical self-concept and attitudes toward physical activities in general. Study 2 verifies the prevalence of the RAE and analyzes the performance of Canadian junior elite players as a function of their birth quartile. In study 1, the sample is drawn from 404 minor hockey players who have evolved from a recreational to an elite level. Physical self-concept and attitudes toward different kinds of physical activities were assessed via questionnaires. Results showed that the RAE is prevalent in minor hockey at all competition levels. Minor differences in favor of Q1-born players were observed regarding physical self-concept, but not attitudes. In study 2, data analyses were conducted from the 2018–2019 Canadian Hockey League database. Birth quartiles were compared on different components of performance by using quantile regression on each variable. Results revealed that RAEs are prevalent in the CHL, with Q1 players tending to outperform Q4 players in games played and power-play points. No other significant differences were observed regarding anthropometric measures and other performance outcomes. RAEs are still prevalent in Canadian hockey. Building up perceived competence and providing game-time exposure are examples of aspects that need to be addressed when trying to minimize RAEs in ice hockey.

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“…In this regard, some work has been conducted among younger ice hockey populations (Huard Pelletier and Lemoyne, 2022), and it seems relevant to go further with players who evolve at higher levels of competition. Future research could also be inspired from qualitative designs, to verify how late born players tend to overcome obstacles in their pathway to professional hockey (Herbison et al, 2019). Note also that performance indicators were based on game statistics, which is a global approximation of performance evaluation.…”

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The Relative Age Effect in Ice Hockey: Analysis of Its Presence, Its Fading and of a Reversal Effect among Junior and Professional Leagues

Lemoyne¹,

Trudeau²,

Grondin³

2023

Journal of Human Kinetics

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This study analyzes the relative age effect (RAE) among the world's best junior hockey leagues and in the NHL. Despite the prevalence of RAE in ice hockey, past research suggests its fading-reversal over time, which may occur at later stages of athletic development. The hypothesis of the RAE reversal was tested with two sources of raw data files from the 2021-2022 season: 15 of the best international junior and minor professional leagues (N = 7 399) and the NHL (N = 812). Birth quartile distributions were analyzed to verify the prevalence of RAE and quantile regression was used to test the reversal of RAE hypotheses. Advanced hockey metrics were aggregated from multiple data sources and used to compare early born with late born players using birth quartiles. Prevalence of the RAE was verified with crosstabs analyses and quantile regression was used to test the reversal effect. Results indicated that the RAE still prevailed in ice hockey, with higher magnitude in Canadian leagues. Regression analyses showed that late-born junior and minor pro players, despite getting less exposure in terms of games played, attained levels of offensive production similar to those of early born players. Late-born players able to emerge in the NHL performed similarly and sometimes displayed better performance (in some markers). Results suggest that stakeholders should find ways to pay special attention to late born players in talent identification processes and offer them opportunities to develop at the highest levels.

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Achievement Despite Adversity: A Qualitative Investigation of Undrafted National Hockey League Players

Cited by 4 publications

References 42 publications

Physical Characteristics and the Talent Identification and Development Processes in Male Youth Soccer: A Narrative Review

Physical Characteristics and the Talent Identification and Development Processes in Male Youth Soccer: A Narrative Review

Relative Age Effect in Canadian Hockey: Prevalence, Perceived Competence and Performance

The Relative Age Effect in Ice Hockey: Analysis of Its Presence, Its Fading and of a Reversal Effect among Junior and Professional Leagues

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