Table 1.

Athletes characteristics.

	Near-experts (12)	Amateurs (12)	p-value	Cohen’s d
Age (years)	21.58 ± 4.12	20.50 ± 1.31	0.401	0.35
Weight (kg)	88.50 ± 9.73	78.17 ± 7.07	0.005*	1.27
Height (cm)	192.42 ± 7.12	183.33 ± 7.16	0.007*	1.22
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	23.83 ± 1.12	23.23 ± 1.21	0.221	0.51
Practice in basketball (years)	14.25 ± 5.15	13.92 ± 2.35	0.841	0.08
Training sessions (number/week)	7.25 ± 1.91	3.83 ± 0.72	0.000*	1.44
Training sessions (hours/week)	14.42 ± 3.12	7.75 ± 1.36	0.000*	2.40
Expertise level (2021–22)	B	D	\	\
Foot laterality	Right	Right	\	\
Hand laterality	Right	Right	\	\

*Significant different at p < 0.05.