Relative age effects in Elite Chinese soccer players: Implications of the ‘one-child’ policy

• Zhen Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Physical Education and Sports Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7402-3809

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• Lijuan Mao ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: werner.helsen@kuleuven.be (WFH); maolijuan@sus.edu.cn (LM)

  Affiliation Department of Physical Education and Sports Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China

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• Christina Steingröver,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sport and Motion, Institute of Sport Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

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• Nick Wattie,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

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• Joseph Baker,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

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• Jörg Schorer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sport and Motion, Institute of Sport Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

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• Werner F. Helsen

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: werner.helsen@kuleuven.be (WFH); maolijuan@sus.edu.cn (LM)

  Affiliation Research Centre for Movement Control and Neuroplasticity, Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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