TABLE 5.

Descriptive statistics and differences between first-division and second-division Forward players.

	First division Forwards (n = 11)	Second division Forwards (n = 11)	T test	Effect Size
	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	t value	d	95%CI
BH (cm)	200.09±2.80	193.80±5.07	3.56†	1.45 (L)	0.52/2.39
MRH (cm)	260.36±6.12	252.40±6.75	2.84†	1.19 (M)	0.28/2.09
BM (kg)	92.00±3.82	89.50±7.92	0.94	0.40 (S)	-0.46/1.23
BF% (%)	7.61±3.55	10.90±4.19	-1.85	-0.81 (M)	-1.68/0.05
SBJ (cm)	256.09±20.81	239.3±21.61	1.81	0.76 (M)	-0.11/1.63
CMJ (cm)	46.45±5.33	44.52±5.88	0.79	0.33 (S)	-0.51/1.17
MVJ_ND (cm)	70.73±8.56	72.75±9.30	-0.49	-0.24 (S)	-1.06/0.62
MVJ_D (cm)	74.36±6.86	77.50±4.63	-1.12	-0.56 (S)	-1.37/0.33
LU_ND (cm)	67.45±7.09	70.75±8.61	-0.91	-0.40 (S)	-1.25/0.44
LU_D (cm)	71.36±6.39	75.00±3.63	-1.44	-0.67 (M)	-1.53/0.19
RSI (index)	1.47±0.46	1.76±0.32	-1.64	-0.70 (M)	-1.57/0.16
RRSA (index)	1.64±0.36	1.83±0.26	-1.27	-0.60 (S)	-1.44/0.27

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 t-values at p < 0.05

d - magnitude-based Cohen’s effect size; CI – confidence interval; (S) – small differences; (M) – moderate differences; (L) – large differences.