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. 2023 Oct 31;5:1253007. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1253007

Table 10.

Descriptive statistics for hours of sports by type and age.

Age
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Invasion sports (excluding hockey)
Total hours 632 822 998 1,262 1,498 1,586 1,942 1,476 1,074 382 198
Mean hours 42.13 54.80 66.53 84.13 99.87 105.73 129.47 98.40 71.60 25.47 13.20
S.D. 48.1 54.4 79.8 96.9 89.9 93.7 112.4 102.3 62.1 45.5 27.2
% sport hours 8.57 9.23 9.47 11.37 12.21 11.87 13.13 9.26 7.11 2.74 1.31
Median 32 32 40 40 96 96 108 80 72 0 0
Max 168 168 288 384 384 384 488 392 168 168 96
Min 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athletes (#) 11 12 11 14 15 14 14 14 11 6 4
Run scoring/field sports
Total hours 348 420 644 704 692 772 800 700 560 240 40
Mean hours 23.20 28.00 42.93 46.93 46.13 51.47 53.33 46.67 37.33 16.00 2.67
S.D. 51 50 61 61 52 70 73 58 59 36 7
% sport hours 4.72 4.72 6.11 6.34 5.64 5.78 5.41 4.39 3.71 1.72 0.26
Median 0 24 24 32 36 36 32 24 0 0 0
Max 200 200 200 200 200 280 280 200 200 120 24
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athletes (#) 6 8 10 10 11 11 10 9 7 4 2
Net/wall sports
Total hours 0 80 80 168 320 500 710 1,110 580 412 216
Mean hours 0.00 5.33 5.33 11.20 21.33 33.33 47.33 74.00 38.67 27.47 14.40
S.D. 0 21 21 37 41 54 55 130 71 54 29
% sport hours 0.00 0.90 0.76 1.51 2.61 3.74 4.80 6.97 3.84 2.95 1.42
Median 0 0 0 0 0 24 32 32 12 0 0
Max 0 80 80 144 144 208 208 528 272 208 96
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athletes (#) 0 1 1 2 5 8 11 12 8 7 4
Target sports
Total hours 176 208 448 416 452 484 696 696 712 808 984
Mean hours 11.73 13.87 29.87 27.73 30.13 32.27 46.40 46.40 47.47 53.87 65.60
S.D. 28 28 79 76 76 77 79 79 78 79 84
% sport hours 2.39 2.34 4.25 3.75 3.68 3.62 4.71 4.37 4.71 5.79 6.49
Median 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 32 32 32
Max 96 96 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athletes (#) 4 5 5 6 7 7 9 9 10 10 11
Individual sports
Total hours 240 236 400 384 476 500 528 504 336 228 116
Mean hours 16.00 15.73 26.67 25.60 31.73 33.33 35.20 33.60 22.40 15.20 7.73
S.D. 24 24 32 33 31 34 36 33 32 27 19
% sport hours 3.25 2.65 3.80 3.46 3.88 3.74 3.57 3.16 2.22 1.63 0.76
Median 8 0 16 16 24 24 24 24 0 0 0
Max 80 80 96 96 80 104 104 84 84 80 72
Min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athletes (#) 8 7 9 8 10 10 10 10 6 5 3

Percentage of sport hours for each type/category calculated with hockey included.