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. 2019 Feb 28;14(2):e0212047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212047

Table 1. Physical performance and technical skills for elite junior, elite and sub-elite Australian footballers.

Values are mean (95% CI).

	Elite junior	Elite	Elite Junior vs Elite (Effect Size d)	Sub-Elite	Elite junior vs Sub-Elite (Effect Size d)
Field Time	85.66 (83.55–87.77)	101.12 (100.08–102.16)^a	1.37	106.35 (104.84–107.87)^a ^b	1.68
Total Distance Covered (m)	10940.22 (10661.11–11219.53)	13193.14 (13047.40–13339.81)^a	1.64	13189.34 (12967.64–13412.72)^a	1.55
Average Speed (m.min^-1)	125.72 (122.73–128.70)	130.68 (129.28–132.08)^a	0.15	126.53 (124.37–128.69)^b	0.11
Player Load·min^-1	12.39 (11.95–12.82)	13.74 (13.53–13.94)^a	0.53	13.03 (12.71–13.35)^a ^b	0.21
Low Speed Distance Covered (m·min^-1)	89.04 (86.31–91.76)	86.41 (85.16–87.67)	0.62	89.77 (87.80–91.75)^b	0.38
High Speed Distance Covered (m·min^-1)	24.38 (22.67–26.10)	30.47 (29.62–31.32)^a	0.90	25.64 (24.30–26.97)^b	0.26
Low Speed Time (%·min^-1)	89.09 (88.35–89.83)	85.48 (85.11–85.86)^a	0.96	87.92 (87.34–88.50)^a ^b	0.30
High Speed Time (%·min^-1)	8.52 (7.93–9.11)	10.95 (10.65–11.24)^a	1.01	9.13 (8.66–9.59)^b	0.35
High Speed Efforts (n·min^-1)	1.50 (1.42–1.57)	1.79 (1.75–1.83)^a	1.06	1.51 (1.46–1.57)^b	0.32
Kicks (n·min^-1)	0.10 (0.09–0.11)	0.11 (0.10–0.11)	0.14	0.11 (0.10–0.11)	0.43
Handballs (n·min^-1)	0.07 (0.06–0.08)	0.09 (0.08–0.09)	0.20	0.10 (0.09–0.10)^a	0.40

^a Significantly different to elite junior AFL players (P<0.05).

^b Significantly different to elite AFL players (P<0.05).