Coach decision-making and the relative age effect on talent selection in football

Research Question(s): Talent selection is a stepping stone to sporting success at national and international levels. The research questions that guided this study were: (a) What is the decision-making (DM) process that coaches (as key selectors) use during talent selection? and (b) In what ways does awareness of the relative age effect (RAE) influence their DM?Research Methods: This study employed an action research approach in order to raise...