To succeed in sports, spring born is advantageous

Even in the same grade the child born in April and the child born in March have age differences of nearly one year, and especially in the lower grades the developmental difference between 6 year olds and 7 years old children, 7 year old children and 8 years old children is large, so the elementary school students' Some people may feel that somehow "I was born in April is tall, feet fast and many honor students".

It may be obvious that the earlier birth month is advantageous in the competition in the same grade when children, but also the career since becoming an adult, especially the birth month greatly affected in the sports world What you are in AustraliaQueensland Institute of TechnologyIt became clear by research of.

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Dr. Adrian Barnett of the Queensland Institute of Technology Biological Medicine Research Center studied the seasonal pattern of population health,Australian Football League (AFL)By analyzing the birthday, I discovered that a disproportionate number of athletes were born in the first half of the year.

In Australia, the grade begins in January, and in January border is the older in that grade. Dr. Barnett's research results support the results of the past research that children born in the fall are more likely to succeed in sports (especially football) in the UK where the grade begins in September.

"Aussie footballTall children are clearly advantageous. Children born in January have grown more than 12 months earlier than classmates born at the end of the year, "Dr. Barnett said.

As a result of the investigation, AFL players were 33% more boss-in-January players (compared to the number expected when the birth month does not affect sports's favorable disadvantage) and 25% fewer births in December Was revealed.

Various studies in each country have shown that children born at the beginning of the school year as well have a high probability of becoming professional athletes such as ice hockey, football, volleyball and basketball.

"In the UK survey, it is shown that students born at the beginning of the grade have good grades in academic terms and confidence in themselves," Dr. Barnett said.

If you reach the peak of growth and physical ability in 20's, it seems that the difference of the year of one year becomes irrelevant, but for those who were born at the beginning of the school, confidence in success in sports from childhood is confident Then it is necessary to become outstanding among the same grade in order to lead to becoming an aim of professional sports or the university scouts, and if the age of professional sports triout is also high, it is from about 18 years old yet Perhaps it is also affecting that age difference of 1 year is different from height difference / body difference before growth stops.

But even those who were born near the end of the school yearOgawa Naoya(31st March student) ·Tomohiro Oya(March 18th student) ·Shigeo Nagashima(February 20th student) ·Shunichi Kawai(February 3rd student) etc. There are many players active in sports where height is advantageous, so you do not have to give up just because you are born in March. For children who are born in March and who are not conscious of sports, it may be good to encourage them after convincing that "You can never win the child born in April now".