The Reason I Never Made the ABs
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Edit: I wrote this post before I read the article, because it's the Fern and I'm a big idiot.
Malcolm Gladwell did a chapter on this in Outliers. Studied Canadian hockey, and the dominance of players born in the first four months of the year.
Their early birthdays meant they were more developed than their age group peers in under 7s, 8s, 9s and 10s, and thus were more likely to be better at hockey and make representative squads. In these squads they received better coaching, and thus got even better again. By the time the younger kids caught up physically they had received years of better coaching and opportunities.
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@mariner4life said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
@Crucial said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
@Magpie_in_aus said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
September as well. All makes sense now.
Sept babies were conceived after a drunken fumble on New Years eve. Weak sperm.
fuck off. if my guys are able to function after the amount of piss i drink, then the fucking things are superheroes.
You fell for that one?
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@Magpie_in_aus said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
@Crucial 37 weeks is Sept 17th. I'm the start of sept and wasn't premature(born that is....)
So an office xmas party conception. Even better.
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Problem solved I'm going to the islands to get a new birth certificate.
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@Higgins said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
I refuse to wear adidas boots thus am unfairly discriminated against. Hopefully the Mizuno Boot Wearer Lives Matter Movement will organise a suitable take the knee protest.
Random as fuck post, thanks
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So EoFY shenanigans for best results.
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those born early in the year would typically play in a grade where kids are younger, some upto a year younger...so potentially will be slightly older bigger, smarter.
That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.
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@taniwharugby said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.
The stats will be a little bit out of date now, but according to a book I have (based on the period from 1883-2003), January and July were the most popular months for an AB birthday over that 120-year period. June was the least common month of birth. A side note, Meads and Fitzpatrick were both born in June.
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@taniwharugby said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
those born early in the year would typically play in a grade where kids are younger, some upto a year younger...so potentially will be slightly older bigger, smarter.
That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.
Would need careful research.
When I played at school the cut off date was 31 March.
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@canefan said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
@Machpants Malcolm Gladwell wrote about a similar subject, Canadian pro ice hockey players, in his book the Tipping point
Nice ferning bro!
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@Bovidae said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
@taniwharugby said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
That said, I'd say totally coincidental...they should do the same over the history of the ABs to see if there is a real pattern.
The stats will be a little bit out of date now, but according to a book I have (based on the period from 1883-2003), January and July were the most popular months for an AB birthday over that 120-year period. June was the least common month of birth. A side note, Meads and Fitzpatrick were both born in June.
A couple of chumps so doesn’t matter.
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@Gunner said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
I was just a bit shit at rugby, all heart but zero talent.
Nice. I was a bit the opposite - still shit at rugby but had "some" athletic ability. Lacked the aggression. If I was as angry in my teens as I am now...who knows what might have happened. I was even born at the right time.
Actually Outliers is quite interesting but I wouldn't read too much into it.
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@Snowy said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
@Gunner said in The Reason I Never Made the ABs:
I was just a bit shit at rugby, all heart but zero talent.
Nice. I was a bit the opposite - still shit at rugby but had "some" athletic ability. Lacked the aggression. If I was as angry in my teens as I am now...who knows what might have happened. I was even born at the right time.
Actually Outliers is quite interesting but I wouldn't read too much into it.
There should be a version of rugby for grumpy old men.