It’s cold and there’s something to do: The changing geography of Canadian National Hockey League players’ hometowns

Kaida, Lisa; Kitchen, Peter

doi:10.1177/1012690218789045

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“…Although there are few studies on the dimension of the place of birth as a place of growth for a soccer player [61], it should be noted that the culmination in the debut of players in professional teams cannot be fully understood without an analysis of all the steps that made that a player grows, from participation in the first sports clubs as a child to passage through international competitions. Thus, the place of birth is not only a geographical space; both the place of birth and the actual growth of a player directly influence the achievement of sporting success [65,66].…”

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Birthplace and Birthdate Effect during Talent Process in Professional Soccer Academy Players

Hernandez-Simal,

Calleja-González,

Lorenzo Calvo

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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The main objective of this study was to detect, from among a set of innate, acquired, and contextual factors, those variables that are ascribed to players ultimately promoted to the professional team of a Spanish league club during the earlier selection and development phases. The data were presented in frequencies and correlations and by means of a classificatory cluster model. The variables used for the analyses included date of birth, birthplace density, player position, laterality, academy entry stage, international participation, and debutant status. These variables were related to the talent selection and promotion phases (i.e., academy entry stage and player debut). A dataset of information on 1411 players from the last 30 seasons of the Athletic Club de Bilbao (1993–2021) was used. Regarding the results, first, there was an over-representation of players with respect to their Q1 birth date and K5 density quintile in the selection phase; however, once players joined the academy, their chances of promotion (debut) fell for players in the Q4 birth date and K3 density quintiles. Second, there was a significant correlation between players’ debut and the stage of incorporation (p < 0.01; V = 0.46) and internationalisation (p < 0.01; V = 0.5). Finally, the birthplace density and laterality variables converged as classificatory features of the players.

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Birthplace and Birthdate Effect during Talent Process in Professional Soccer Academy Players

Hernandez-Simal,

Calleja-González,

Lorenzo Calvo

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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“…Scientific evidence in the literature has shown that contextual factors such as the place of birth (known as birthplace effects where the subject was born and grew up during the developmental years, Lidor et al, 2014) also can influence an athlete's likelihood of elite sporting attainment MacDonald et al, 2009b;Imtiaz et al, 2014;Turnnidge et al, 2014;Ishigami, 2016;Wattie et al, 2018;Kaida and Kitchen, 2020). In that way, mixed results have been reported for the birthplace effects.…”

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Talent Identification and Development in Sports Performance

2022

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“…Scientific evidence in the literature has shown that contextual factors such as the place of birth (known as birthplace effects where the subject was born and grew up during the developmental years, Lidor et al, 2014 ) also can influence an athlete's likelihood of elite sporting attainment (Côté et al, 2006 ; MacDonald et al, 2009b ; Imtiaz et al, 2014 ; Turnnidge et al, 2014 ; Ishigami, 2016 ; Wattie et al, 2018 ; Kaida and Kitchen, 2020 ). In that way, mixed results have been reported for the birthplace effects.…”

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The Influence of Contextual Aspects in Talent Development: Interaction Between Relative Age and Birthplace Effects in NBA-Drafted Players

Leite¹,

Arede²,

Shang³

et al. 2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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The aims of this study were two-fold: (1) to inspect separately for the relative age and birthplace effects for players selected in the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft; (2) to explore the interaction among these factors and analyse this interaction in players' career performance. The database was obtained from the official records of the players (n = 1,738), who were selected during the annual editions of the NBA Draft from 1990 to 2019. The participants' date of birth was analyzed according to the month of birth and divided into four quartiles. The place of birth was compared to the distribution of the general population' places of birth based on different communities' sizes. Chi-square analysis were used to determine if the relative age and birthplace of the players drafted differed in any systematic way from official census population distributions. Cluster analysis and standardized residuals were calculated to analyse the interaction among the contextual factors and the players' career performance. The data revealed that early-born players (Q1 and Q2) were over-represented. Moreover, players born in smaller cities (<100,000) were over-represented. The interaction analysis revealed that the players born in the bigger communities relate mainly with relatively younger players, and clusters that correspond to players born in smaller communities integrated the relatively older players. No differences were found in the players' career performance. Researchers, coaches and practitioners should be aware of the interaction between contextual factors to help nurture the development of sport talent regardless of age-related issues or communities' size.

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It’s cold and there’s something to do: The changing geography of Canadian National Hockey League players’ hometowns

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Birthplace and Birthdate Effect during Talent Process in Professional Soccer Academy Players

Birthplace and Birthdate Effect during Talent Process in Professional Soccer Academy Players

Talent Identification and Development in Sports Performance

The Influence of Contextual Aspects in Talent Development: Interaction Between Relative Age and Birthplace Effects in NBA-Drafted Players

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