TABLE 3.
Descriptive statistics and 2-way ANOVA effects.
| Playing position | Division | ANOVA | Effect size (Division) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guards | Forwards | Centers | 1st | 2nd | Main effect Position | Main effect Division | Interaction Position x Division | |||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | F (p) | F (p) | F (p) | d | 95%CI | |
| BH (cm) | 188.23 ±5.52¥,¶ | 197.10 ±5.09¶ | 201.72 ±5.26 | 197.38 ±7.65 | 191.59 ±7.53 | 7.85 (0.01) | 56.51 (0.01) | 0.10 (0.90) | 0.76 (M) | 0.35 /1.16 |
| MRH (cm) | 243.82 ±8.72¥,¶ | 256.57 ±7.47¶ | 262.31 ±7.84 | 256.25 ±11.21 | 248.82 ±11.04 | 5.45 (0.02) | 35.34 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.99) | 0.67 (M) | 0.26 /1.07 |
| BM (kg) | 81.69 ±6.33¥,¶ | 90.81 ±6.10¶ | 97.78 ±10.94 | 92.56 ±10.79 | 85.33 ±9.75 | 9.98 (0.01) | 18.72 (0.01) | 0.23 (0.79) | 0.69 (M) | 0.29 /1.10 |
| BF% (%) | 8.21 ±2.82 | 9.17 ±4.12 | 9.79 ±3.53 | 7.76 ±2.72 | 10.52 ±3.58 | 6.20 (0.02) | 19.04 (0.01) | 1.44 (0.24) | -0.87 (M) | -1.27 /-0.45 |
| SBJ (cm) | 246.9 ±19.93 | 248.10 ±22.37 | 240.58 ±23.69 | 251.09 ±21.4 | 237.9 ±20.19 | 1.02 (0.37) | 1.76 (0.19) | 0.15 (0.86) | 0.63 (M) | 0.23 /1.03 |
| CMJ (cm) | 46.44 ±6.00 | 45.53 ±5.54 | 43.99 ±5.52 | 45.51 ±5.55 | 45.29 ±6.13 | 0.26 (0.77) | 3.13 (0.08) | 0.52 (0.59) | 0.04 (T) | -0.35 /0.43 |
| MVJ_ND (cm) | 71.04 ±8.65 | 71.58 ±8.68 | 68.03 ±8.31 | 68.86 ±9.67 | 70.38 ±7.39 | 1.71 (0.18) | 1.64 (0.21) | 0.70 (0.49) | -0.18 (S) | -0.57 /0.22 |
| MVJ_D (cm) | 78.73 ±9.61¶ | 75.68 ±6.08 | 72.53 ±8.78 | 75.05 ±10.1 | 77.44 ±7.25 | 3.20 (0.04) | 1.66 (0.19) | 0.32 (0.72) | -0.27 (S) | -0.66 /0.12 |
| LU_ND (cm) | 69.04 ±8.26¶ | 68.84 ±7.72 | 63.81 ±7.44 | 65.96 ±8.21 | 69.15 ±7.87 | 3.21 (0.04) | 1.61 (0.20) | 0.25 (0.77) | -0.39 (S) | -0.79 /0.00 |
| LU_D (cm) | 73.36 ±7.93 | 72.89 ±5.59 | 70.38 ±7.46 | 71.41 ±8.31 | 73.49 ±5.78 | 4.48 (0.02) | 1.88 (0.17) | 0.65 (0.52) | -0.28 (S) | -0.67 /0.12 |
| RSI (index) | 1.69 ±0.32¶ | 1.61 ±0.42 | 1.41 ±0.32 | 1.53 ±0.35 | 1.63 ±0.37 | 5.32 (0.01) | 2.52 (0.12) | 2.39 (0.09) | -0.28 (S) | -0.67 /0.12 |
| RRSA (index) | 1.59 ±0.41 | 1.72 ±0.33¶ | 1.43 ±0.35 | 1.55 ±0.39 | 1.61 ±0.39 | 3.98 (0.02) | 4.45 (0.04) | 0.92 (0.40) | -0.15 (T) | -0.55 /0.24 |
BH – body height; MRH – maximal reach height; BM – body mass; BF% - body fat percentage, SBJ – standing broad jump; CMJ – countermovement jump; MVJ_ND – maximal vertical jump non dominant leg; MVJ_D – maximal vertical jump dominant leg; LU_ND – lay-up shot jump non dominant leg; LU_D – lay-up jump dominant leg; † denotes significant ANOVA effects at p < 0.05
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values significantly different from those observed in Forwards
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values significantly different from those observed in Centers
d - magnitude-based Cohen’s effect size; CI – confidence interval; (T) – trivial differences; (S) – small differences; (M) – moderate differences.