Table 2.

Participant characteristics for formal sample (sample 2, male 359 female 212).

Gender	Item	Number/person	Age/year	Height/cm	Weight/kg	Training years/a
Male	Sprint	43	21.2 ± 1.43	178.8 ± 2.74	65.7 ± 3.54	7.6 ± 2.14
	Middle-distance running	41	20.3 ± 3.32	175.1 ± 4.31	62.8 ± 3.64	8.4 ± 1.58
	Throwing	29	21.7 ± 2.34	182.3 ± 3.87	82.9 ± 7.17	7.4 ± 2.68
	Soccer	55	21.3 ± 2.73	183.2 ± 4.34	76.6 ± 5.45	6.2 ± 2.37
	Volleyball	63	20.2 ± 3.56	185.2 ± 5.67	77.6 ± 5.71	7.9 ± 3.43
	Basketball	64	20.8 ± 3.47	186.9 ± 5.49	80.2 ± 5.63	7.8 ± 3.36
	Gymnastics	38	19.6 ± 2.34	164.8 ± 3.76	54.6 ± 3.48	8.8 ± 2.64
	Judo	26	22.3 ± 2.47	174.5 ± 3.52	81.7 ± 6.81	7.1 ± 2.13
Female	Sprint	18	20.4 ± 1.37	171.2 ± 3.41	60.8 ± 4.11	6.4 ± 2.27
	Middle-distance running	26	21.7 ± 2.14	167.4 ± 4.15	57.4 ± 3.76	7.3 ± 2.84
	Throwing	15	21.9 ± 3.08	168.7 ± 4.23	72.6 ± 5.27	7.1 ± 2.58
	Soccer	28	20.6 ± 3.56	174.7 ± 4.57	65.3 ± 5.72	6.2 ± 2.46
	Volleyball	37	20.8 ± 3.21	181.6 ± 4.28	66.9 ± 4.35	6.5 ± 1.94
	Basketball	36	20.5 ± 3.41	182.7 ± 5.72	67.6 ± 5.26	6.3 ± 1.97
	Gymnastics	44	18.3 ± 2.12	160.4 ± 3.48	44.7 ± 3.38	7.2 ± 1.46
	Judo	8	21.1 ± 3.35	169.8 ± 4.37	70.3 ± 4.47	4.9 ± 2.65