Table 4: Comparison between high and lower performing defenders.
High performing defenders (n = 16) | Low performing defenders (n = 12) | Difference | 95% Confidence Interval of the Difference | p value | ES | 95% Confidence Interval of the ES | |||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | ||||
Body mass (kg) | 90.91 | 11.40 | 103.85 | 12.30 | -12.94 | -22.19 | -3.68 | 0.008 | -1.10 | -1.864 | -0.266 |
10 meter acceleration (s) | 1.780 | 0.068 | 1.811 | 0.066 | -0.031 | -0.084 | 0.022 | 0.241 | -0.457 | -1.201 | 0.313 |
Y side step (s) | 1.878 | 0.111 | 1.908 | 0.109 | -0.029 | -0.116 | 0.057 | 0.491 | -0.267 | -1.010 | 0.493 |
Attacking agility (%) | 48.75 | 20.95 | 28.08 | 20.06 | 20.67 | 4.51 | 36.82 | 0.014 | 1.00 | 0.184 | 1.766 |
Defensive agility (%) | 77.25 | 10.76 | 44.50 | 11.81 | 32.75 | 23.94 | 41.56 | 0.000 | 2.92 | 1.780 | 3.888 |
Composite agility (%) | 62.94 | 13.78 | 36.08 | 11.02 | 26.85 | 16.89 | 36.81 | 0.000 | 2.12 | 1.133 | 2.976 |
SL repeat hop (cm) | 15.28 | 3.21 | 13.82 | 3.42 | 1.463 | -1.126 | 4.051 | 0.256 | 0.444 | -0.326 | 1.187 |
SL repeat hop asymmetry (%) | 3.913 | 2.470 | 4.983 | 2.098 | -1.071 | -2.892 | 0.750 | 0.238 | -0.462 | -1.206 | 0.309 |
Iso squat (Net force, N) | 1787 | 258.6 | 1701 | 395.0 | 86.18 | -167.67 | 340.03 | 0.491 | 0.266 | -0.493 | 1.010 |
Iso squat (Relative force, N.kg-1) | 2.013 | 0.228 | 1.667 | 0.342 | 0.346 | 0.125 | 0.567 | 0.003 | 1.23 | 0.381 | 2.002 |
Iso squat asymmetry (%) | 3.806 | 2.737 | 4.392 | 3.845 | -0.585 | -3.138 | 1.967 | 0.641 | -0.180 | -0.925 | 0.575 |
CMJ jump height (m) | 0.384 | 0.045 | 0.379 | 0.057 | 0.005 | -0.035 | 0.045 | 0.785 | 0.106 | -0.646 | 0.852 |
CMJ peak power (W) | 5080 | 687.3 | 5456 | 649.9 | -376.3 | -903.5 | 151.0 | 0.154 | -0.560 | -1.306 | 0.218 |
CMJ relative power (W.kg-1) | 56.04 | 5.183 | 52.83 | 5.933 | 3.213 | -1.114 | 7.540 | 0.139 | 0.583 | -0.197 | 1.329 |
CMJ FT.CT Ratio | 0.781 | 0.120 | 0.683 | 0.103 | 0.098 | 0.009 | 0.187 | 0.033 | 0.86 | 0.056 | 1.616 |
CMJ_EccDur (s) | 0.191 | 0.026 | 0.193 | 0.057 | -0.002 | -0.035 | 0.031 | 0.905 | -0.046 | -0.793 | 0.704 |
CMJ_Conc_Dur (s) | 0.239 | 0.031 | 0.271 | 0.024 | -0.032 | -0.054 | -0.010 | 0.006 | -1.14 | -1.908 | -0.303 |
Abbreviations: Iso Squat = Isometric squat90; CMJ = Countermovement Jump; FT:CT = ratio of Flight Time to Contraction Time; EccDur = Eccentric Duration; Con Dur = Concentric Duration; s = seconds; N = Newtons; w = watts.