Table 3.
Relative age quarter distribution of total sample and separated for sex, type of sport and biological maturity status.
| Category | Relative age quarter distribution | Total (n) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First eligible year (1) | Second eligible year (2) | Third eligible year (3) | ||||||||||||
| Q1(1) | Q2(1) | Q3(1) | Q4(1) | Q1(2) | Q2(2) | Q3(2) | Q4(2) | Q1(3) | Q2(3) | Q3(3) | Q4(3) | |||
| [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | |||
| Total sample | Total | 13.8 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 572 |
| Male | 11.8 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 365 | |
| Female | 17.4 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 207 | |
| Type of sport | Str-Rel | 14.5 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 7.4 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 296 |
| End-Rel | 13.2 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 14.4 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 174 | |
| Tech-Rel | 12.7 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 102 | |
| Biological Maturity Status | Early | 4.9 | 8.2 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 61 |
| Normal | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 258 | |
| Late | 21.5 | 16.9 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 4.6 | None | None | 65 | |
| NM | 16.0 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 188 | |
Str-Rel = Strength-related; End-Rel = Endurance-related; Tech-Rel = Technique-related; NM = Not measured