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Sex differences in athletic potential

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

Elizabeth A.E. Ferris
Elizabeth A.E. Ferris
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Summary

Attention is drawn to fresh data available on female sporting performance and the narrowing gap between male and female performance in many sports. The author discusses attempts made to compare athletic potential in males and females and postulates the existence of a factor called athletic predisposition. The differences in performance amongst males and females possessing this factor are much smaller than in the population at large.

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III. Factors in performance
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , supplement S7: Biosocial Aspects of Sport , 1981, pp. 117 - 128
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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