Table 4. Anthropometry, body composition, somatotype and physical performance of the selected and non-selected soccer players in along each age-category.
| U14 | U16 | U18 | All | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected | Non-selected | d | Selected | Non-selected | d | Selected | Non-selected | d | Selected | Non-selected | d | |
| Anthropometry and body composition | ||||||||||||
| Body mass (kg) | 50.69±10.15 | 51.29±4.31 | 0.06 | 62.72±8.17 | 64.55±3.05 | 0.24 | 70.34±7.30 | 74.78±7.68 | 0.60 | 60.74±11.75 | 63.45±11.56 | 0.23 |
| Height (cm) | 162.0±9.4 | 162.0±6.0 | 0.04 | 170.9±6.3 | 171.6±7.5 | 0.11 | 176.8±4.9 | 180.2±7.2 | 0.61 | 169.5±9.4 | 171.1±10.4 | 0.17 |
| Sum skinfolds (mm) | 46.57±10.02* | 61.50±26.44 | 1.01 | 52.65±15.91 | 63.67±10.33 | 0.72 | 53.52±20.01 | 56.38±8.83 | 0.16 | 50.78±15.70* | 60.23±17.15 | 0.59 |
| Thigh length (cm) | 41.12±2.89 | 42.50±2.48 | 0.49 | 44.02±6.39 | 43.33±1.94 | 0.12 | 45.82±2.70 | 46.44±2.47 | 0.27 | 43.50±4.78 | 44.16±2.86 | 0.15 |
| Biestyloid at the wrist (cm) | 5.07±0.30 | 5.16±0.32 | 0.31 | 5.41±0.33 | 5.43±0.29 | 0.08 | 5.54±0.30* | 5.80±0.22 | 0.89 | 5.33±0.37 | 5.47±0.38 | 0.38 |
| Fat (%) | 7.48±1.06* | 9.05±2.79 | 1.01 | 8.12±1.66 | 9.27±1.09 | 0.72 | 8.21±2.10 | 8.50±0.94 | 0.15 | 7.92±1.64* | 8.91±1.81 | 0.59 |
| Muscle (%) | 50.15±1.54* | 48.50±2.42 | 0.95 | 51.03±1.68 | 50.10±1.70 | 0.55 | 52.60±4.11 | 50.96±1.64 | 0.44 | 51.18±2.75* | 49.83±2.17 | 0.51 |
| Somatotype | ||||||||||||
| Endomorphy | 1.90±0.42* | 2.47±1.04 | 0.97 | 2.35±0.73 | 2.83±0.68 | 0.66 | 2.16±0.66 | 2.28±0.34 | 0.19 | 2.14±0.64* | 2.49±0–75 | 0.55 |
| Mesomorphy | 3.03±0.70* | 3.67±0.97 | 0.85 | 3.24±0.98 | 3.20±1.33 | 0.04 | 3.06±1.66 | 3.33±0.81 | 0.18 | 3.11±1.14 | 3.42±1.00 | 0.28 |
| Ectomorphy | 3.62±0.76 | 3.28±0.75 | 0.45 | 2.99±0.92 | 2.73±0.93 | 0.29 | 2.84±0.74 | 2.76±0.68 | 0.11 | 3.17±0.87 | 2.94±0.79 | 0.26 |
| Physical performance | ||||||||||||
| Abalakov (cm) | 35.98±4.66 | 36.70±44.40 | 0.49 | 40.95±3.99 | 40.40±3.23 | 0.14 | 42.39±3.54 | 41.81±4.13 | 0.16 | 39.71±4.91 | 38.62±5.35 | 0.22 |
| D-Abalakov (cm) | 30.43±3.75 | 29.86±5.29 | 0.14 | 34.80±4.12 | 33.20±3.39 | 0.40 | 35.63±4.05 | 35.01±4.99 | 0.14 | 33.57±4.56 | 32.76±5.07 | 0.17 |
| Sprint 10 m (s) | 1.92±0.10 | 1.92±0.11 | 0.03 | 1.82±0.06* | 1.95±0.09 | 2.07 | 1.81±0.06 | 1.79±0.04 | 0.30 | 1.85±0.09 | 1.88±0.11 | 0.32 |
| Sprint 30 m (s) | 4.67±0.27 | 4.70±0.25 | 0.13 | 4.33±0.14* | 4.52±0.13 | 1.37 | 4.25±0.16 | 4.26±0.09 | 0.07 | 4.42±0.27 | 4.49±0.26 | 0.26 |
| Flexibility (cm) | 8.93±5.19 | 8.75±5.85 | 0.03 | 9.48±4.89 | 7.00±9.67 | 0.43 | 11.15±8.95 | 9.50±9.70 | 0.18 | 9.82±6.53 | 8.62±8.04 | 0.18 |
Abbreviations: U14 = under 14 age-category; U16 = under 16 age-category; U18 = under 18 age-category.
* level of signification was set at p < 0.05.