TABLE 6.
Descriptive statistics and differences between first-division and second-division Centre players.
| Centers | First division Centers (n = 22) |
Second division Centers (n = 17) |
T test | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean±SD | Mean±SD | t value | d | 95%CI | |
| BH (cm) | 204.07±4.13 | 197.86±4.67 | 4.22† | 1.38 (L) | 0.67/2.08 |
| MRH (cm) | 265.32±6.58 | 257.57±7.49 | 3.26† | 1.13 (M) | 0.44/1.80 |
| BM (kg) | 101.32±11.31 | 92.60±8.23 | 2.56† | 0.85 (M) | 0.19/1.51 |
| BF% (%) | 8.46±2.39 | 11.74±4.08 | -3.08† | -1.04 (M) | -1.66/-0.32 |
| SBJ (cm) | 244.36±24.96 | 234.64±21.04 | 1.21 | 0.43 (S) | -0.23/1.05 |
| CMJ (cm) | 43.65±5.55 | 44.54±5.64 | -0.47 | -0.16 (T) | -0.79/0.48 |
| MVJ_ND (cm) | 65.82±8.87 | 66.50±7.35 | -0.21 | -0.09 (T) | -0.71/0.55 |
| MVJ_D (cm) | 72.41±9.57 | 72.80±7.19 | -0.11 | -0.05 (T) | -0.68/0.59 |
| LU_ND (cm) | 63.36±7.29 | 64.80±8.08 | -0.50 | -0.11 (T) | -0.74/0.53 |
| LU_D (cm) | 70.18±8.04 | 70.80±6.37 | -0.21 | -0.09 (T) | -0.72/0.55 |
| RSI (index) | 1.44±0.31 | 1.37±0.35 | 0.56 | 0.21 (S) | -0.43/0.84 |
| RRSA (index) | 1.47±0.40 | 1.36±0.23 | 0.82 | 0.32 (S) | -0.32/0.96 |
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; (T) – trivial differences; (S) – small differences; (M) – moderate differences; (L) – large differences.