The results from Chinese football players reveal that the athletes who have greater relative age (in the present study, have an earlier birth month) will have greater possibility to engage in top level of the sport. It is discussed here that, the RAE could be also observed within China sport system. However, studies from various sports are expected to provide solid conclusion. The Theory of Deliberate Practice (DPT) from Ericsson and his colleagues [3] is suggested to be a potential explain of this cross-cultural commonalities on RAE.
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