Stephen Cobley

Best Publications

• Annual age-grouping and athlete development: a meta-analytical review of relative age effects in sport.

  Stephen Cobley;Joseph Baker;Nick Wattie;Jim McKenna

  889
  Citations

• Psychological consequences of childhood obesity: psychiatric comorbidity and prevention

  Jean Rankin;Lynsay Matthews;Stephen Cobley;Ahreum Han

  771
  Citations

• What do we know about early sport specialization? Not much!

  Joseph Baker;Stephen Cobley;Jessica Fraser‐Thomas

  417
  Citations

• Influences of competition level, gender, player nationality, career stage and playing position on relative age effects.

  J. Schorer;S. Cobley;D. Büsch;H. Bräutigam

  338
  Citations

• Childhood obesity and its physical and psychological co-morbidities: a systematic review of Australian children and adolescents

  Ross H. Sanders;Ahreum Han;Julien S. Baker;Stephen Cobley

  318
  Citations

• Towards a unified understanding of relative age effects

  Nick Wattie;Stephen Cobley;Joseph Baker

  303
  Citations

• Stressors, coping, and coping effectiveness: Gender, type of sport, and skill differences

  Adam R. Nicholls;Remco Polman;Andrew R. Levy;Jamie Taylor

  264
  Citations

• Soccer Player Characteristics in English Lower-League Development Programmes: The Relationships between Relative Age, Maturation, Anthropometry and Physical Fitness.

  Ric Lovell;Christopher Towlson;Guy Parkin;Matthew Portas

  264
  Citations

• The prevalence, influential factors and mechanisms of relative age effects in UK Rugby League.

  K. Till;S. Cobley;N. Wattie;J. O'Hara

  240
  Citations

• Relative Age Effects Across and Within Female Sport Contexts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  Kristy L. Smith;Patricia L. Weir;Kevin Till;Michael Romann

  233
  Citations

• The Effectiveness of Dance Interventions on Physical Health Outcomes Compared to Other Forms of Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Alycia Fong Yan;Stephen Cobley;Cliffton Chan;Evangelos Pappas

  197
  Citations

• Relative age effects in professional German soccer: A historical analysis

  Stephen P. Cobley;Joerg Schorer;Joseph Baker

  192
  Citations

• The efficacy of injury prevention programs in adolescent team sports: a meta-analysis

  Najeebullah Soomro;Ross Sanders;Daniel Hackett;Tate Hubka

  168
  Citations

• Effectiveness of exercise intervention on improving fundamental movement skills and motor coordination in overweight/obese children and adolescents: A systematic review.

  Ahreum Han;Allan Fu;Stephen Cobley;Ross H. Sanders

  162
  Citations

• Considering maturation status and relative age in the longitudinal evaluation of junior rugby league players

  K. Till;S. Cobley;J. O' Hara;Carlton Cooke

  162
  Citations

• Relative age effects in athletic sprinting and corrective adjustments as a solution for their removal.

  Michael Romann;Stephen Cobley

  161
  Citations

• Routledge Handbook of Talent Identification and Development in Sport

  Joseph Baker;Stephen Cobley;Jörg Schorer;Nick Wattie

  160
  Citations

• Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomatology and Associated Psychological Features in Bodybuilders and Non-Bodybuilder Resistance Trainers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  Lachlan Mitchell;Stuart B. Murray;Stephen Cobley;Daniel Hackett

  158
  Citations

• Relative age effects

  Joseph Baker;Jörg Schorer;Stephen Cobley

  155
  Citations

• Variations in relative age effects in individual sports: Skiing, figure skating and gymnastics

  Joseph Baker;Christina Janning;Harmonie Wong;Stephen Cobley

  152
  Citations