‘I feel more comfortable in contact with similar-sized players’: male youth rugby union players’ perceptions of bio-banded training
The results suggest using bio-banded grouping for training, as an adjunct to chronological age grouping, may positively contribute to the holistic development of male youth players in rugby union irrespective of maturity status.
Authors
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2432-1080)
- Adam Grainger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3236-4859)
- Adam L. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4929-1067)
- A. McAuley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5473-8877)
- Kathryn Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-5810)
- John M. Radnor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3502-1605)
- Joseph Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5686-1737)
- Budge Pountney
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Birmingham City University (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (CA)
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Ulster Hospital (GB)
- Munster Technological University (IE)
- Youth Development (US)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Human Biology
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2025.2573406
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44