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Table 3 Differences between leading and average team football players in anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities

From: Differences in anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities of professional football players from leading and average teams in Serbian super league

Variables

Leading team

(Mean ± SD)

Average team

(Mean ± SD)

T test

(p)

Effect Size

(Cohen’s d)

BH (cm)

183.31 ± 5.64

181.92 ± 6.55

0.402

0.227

BM (kg)

78.60 ± 7.33

76.12 ± 6.57

0.195

0.356

BMI (kg/m²)

23.42 ± 1.24

22.80 ± 1.41

0.089

0.467

FM (%)

8.49 ± 2.56

10.11 ± 2.24

0.016*

0.672

MM (%)

43.11 ± 2.01

43.61 ± 1.25

0.274

0.295

10 m (s)

1.62 ± 0.09

1.62 ± 0.08

0.802

0.068

20 m (s)

2.88 ± 0.11

2.99 ± 0.10

0.001**

0.993

30 m (s)

4.02 ± 0.13

4.14 ± 0.17

0.005**

0.795

Index 10/20 m

0.56 ± 0.02

0.54 ± 0.02

0.006**

0.774

Index 10/30 m

0.40 ± 0.02

0.40 ± 0.03

0.302

0.280

Zig-zag (s)

7.29 ± 0.20

6.15 ± 0.22

0.000**

5.393

Zig-zag ball (s)

9.10 ± 0.50

7.45 ± 0.44

0.000**

3.509

Index zig-zag

0.80 ± 0.04

0.83 ± 0.05

0.038*

0.572

SJ (cm)

42.14 ± 4.48

42.73 ± 6.28

0.688

0.108

CMJ (cm)

50.16 ± 5.72

55.60 ± 7.94

0.005**

0.787

Shuttle run (m)

2469.66 ± 256.22

2498.46 ± 216.29

0.656

0.121

  1. Legend: BH– body height;BM– body mass;BMI– body mass index;FM– fat mass percentage;MM– musscle mass;10, 20 and 30 m– sprint tests;10/20 m and 10/30 m– indexes for given split times;Zig-zag B– Zig-zag agility test with ballSJ– squat jump;CMJ– countermovement jump;Shuttle run– endurance test