Removing relative age effects from youth swimming: The development and testing of corrective adjustment procedures

(1) Generate accurate estimates of the relationship between decimal age (i.e., chronological and relative) with swimming performance based on longitudinal data. (2) Determine whether corrective adjustment procedures can remove Relative Age Effects (RAEs) from junior/youth swimming.Longitudinal and repeated years of cross-sectional performance data were examined.(1) Participants were 553 male 100m Freestyle swimmers (10-18 years) who participated...