Male handball: a narrative review on the relative age effect

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2023.e93006

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Handball, Male, Relative age effect

Abstract

The objective is to investigate the prevalence of the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in male handball players from different categories. A search was carried out on the Portal de Periódicos CAPES for articles published until October 12, 2022 in Portuguese and English, exclusively with a male sample. From 127 articles found, 67 were excluded because they were duplicated or without open access, 21 after reading the titles and abstracts and 33 after reading the full text, with 6 articles being included for this review. Evidences show the RAE at the national and international levels of handball, with a predominance of athletes born in the first months of the year compared to those born in the final months, especially in younger categories. However, further research on RAE in men's handball are needed, since there is a scarcity of studies on the modality when compared to other collective invasion sports modalities.

Author Biographies

Larissa Pittner, Universidade Federal de Mato Grsso

Graduanda em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT). Discente de Iniciação Científica vinculada ao Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Física e Esportes (NEPEFE-UFMT). 

Gabriel de Brito, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Graduando em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT). Discente de Iniciação Científica vinculado ao Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Física e Esportes (NEPEFE-UFMT). 

Alexandre Lima de Araújo Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília

Graduado em Educação Física. Doutorando em Educação Física pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB). 

Lucas Savassi Figueiredo, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Docente da Universidade Federal de Juz de Fora - Campus Avançado Governador Valadares. Pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Física e Esportes (NEPEFE-UFMT). 

Vivian de Oliveira, Centro Universitário IESB

Docente do Centro Universitário IESB. Doutoranda na UNESP. Pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Física e Esportes (NEPEFE-UFMT). 

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2023-05-15

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Pittner, L., de Brito, G., Lima de Araújo Ribeiro, A., Savassi Figueiredo, L., de Oliveira, V., & Castro, H. de O. (2023). Male handball: a narrative review on the relative age effect. Motrivivência, 35(66), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2023.e93006

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