Table 1.
Baseline participants’ characteristics.
| Goalkeepers (n = Two) |
Defenders (n = Eight) |
Midfielders (n = Five) |
Attackers (n = Eight) |
Whole Squad (n = Twenty-Three) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 16.5 ± 0.7 | 16.4 ± 0.5 | 16.4 ± 0.5 | 16.4 ± 0.7 | 17.9 ± 0.5 |
| Stature (cm) | 169 ± 2.8 | 172 ± 4.2 | 165 ± 6.4 | 166 ± 4.5 | 168 ± 5 |
| Body Mass (kg) | 62.8 ± 4.8 | 60.4 ± 4.6 | 59.1 ± 8.2 | 64 ± 6.9 | 61.6 ± 6.1 |
| Fat-Free Mass (kg) | 46.0 ± 4.1 | 46.0 ± 3.4 | 43.5 ± 5.3 | 46.6 ± 4.5 | 45.7 ± 4.2 |
| Fat Mass (kg) | 16.8 ± 0.7 | 14.4 ± 2.5 | 15.6 ± 3.5 | 17.4 ± 3.5 | 15.9 ± 3.1 |
| Body Fat (%) | 26.8 ± 0.9 | 23.8 ± 3.0 | 26.2 ± 3.2 | 27 ± 3.4 | 25.7 ± 3.3 |