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Article: Birthplace effects on the development of female athletic talent
Title | Birthplace effects on the development of female athletic talent | ||||
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Keywords | Athletic development Birthplace effect City size Elite athletes Sport | ||||
Issue Date | 2009 | ||||
Publisher | Elsevier Australia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/707423/description?navopenmenu=-2 | ||||
Citation | Journal Of Science And Medicine In Sport, 2009, v. 12 n. 1, p. 234-237 How to Cite? | ||||
Abstract | This study examined the extent to which an athlete's place of birth can influence the likelihood of playing professional sport. Information regarding the birthplace of all American female athletes in the Ladies Professional Golf Association and Women's United Soccer Association was gathered from official league websites. Monte Carlo simulations were used to determine if the birthplace of these professional athletes differed in any systematic way from official census population distributions. Odds-ratios were determined for cities within specific population ranges to ascertain if the likelihood of playing professional sport was influenced in any systematic way by city size. The analyses revealed that female professional soccer players born in cities of less than 1,000,000 were over-represented, as were female professional golfers born in cities of less than 250,000. Results are consistent with those of male professional athletes in suggesting that areas of lower population provide conditions more conducive to the development of expertise than do larger city environments. © 2007 Sports Medicine Australia. | ||||
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/87925 | ||||
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.222 | ||||
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Funding Information: Support for this research came from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC Grant # 410-05-1949 and Grant # 767-2005-1625). | ||||
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | MacDonald, DJ | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | King, J | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Côté, J | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Abernethy, B | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T09:36:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T09:36:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Science And Medicine In Sport, 2009, v. 12 n. 1, p. 234-237 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1440-2440 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/87925 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study examined the extent to which an athlete's place of birth can influence the likelihood of playing professional sport. Information regarding the birthplace of all American female athletes in the Ladies Professional Golf Association and Women's United Soccer Association was gathered from official league websites. Monte Carlo simulations were used to determine if the birthplace of these professional athletes differed in any systematic way from official census population distributions. Odds-ratios were determined for cities within specific population ranges to ascertain if the likelihood of playing professional sport was influenced in any systematic way by city size. The analyses revealed that female professional soccer players born in cities of less than 1,000,000 were over-represented, as were female professional golfers born in cities of less than 250,000. Results are consistent with those of male professional athletes in suggesting that areas of lower population provide conditions more conducive to the development of expertise than do larger city environments. © 2007 Sports Medicine Australia. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Australia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/707423/description?navopenmenu=-2 | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | en_HK |
dc.subject | Athletic development | en_HK |
dc.subject | Birthplace effect | en_HK |
dc.subject | City size | en_HK |
dc.subject | Elite athletes | en_HK |
dc.subject | Sport | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Achievement | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Cities - statistics and numerical data | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Golf - statistics and numerical data | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Residence Characteristics - statistics and numerical data | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Soccer - statistics and numerical data | - |
dc.title | Birthplace effects on the development of female athletic talent | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1440-2440&volume=12&issue=1&spage=234&epage=237&date=2009&atitle=Birthplace+effects+on+the+development+of+female+athletic+talent | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Abernethy, B: bruceab@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Abernethy, B=rp00886 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.05.015 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17889609 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-58149500599 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 182588 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-58149500599&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 234 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 237 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000263390700039 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | MacDonald, DJ=7401463015 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | King, J=26433577600 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Côté, J=7101908984 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Abernethy, B=8841578500 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1878-1861 | - |