Table 5. Anthropometry, body composition, somatotype and physical performance of the promoted and non-promoted soccer players in along each age-category.
| U14 | U16 | U18 | All | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoted | Non-promoted | d | Promoted | Non-promoted | d | Promoted | Non-promoted | d | Promoted | Non-promoted | d | |
| Anthropometry and body composition | ||||||||||||
| Body mass (kg) | 50.87±9.64 | 50.71±8.69 | 0.02 | 65.00±5.05 | 62.07±8.29 | 0.39 | 72.53±8.33 | 70.86±7.22 | 0.22 | 59.55±12.45 | 62.62±10.92 | 0.26 |
| Height (cm) | 161.9±9.4 | 161.9±7.8 | 0.01 | 171.2±4.10 | 170.6±7.4 | 0.09 | 178.4±6.3 | 177.3±5.3 | 0.20 | 168.14±10.23 | 171.0±8.9 | 0.30 |
| Sum skinfolds (mm) | 48.42±12.22 | 51.93±20.89 | 0.22 | 55.92±16.58 | 54.15±15.23 | 0.11 | 49.45±16.19 | 56.59±18.53 | 0.40 | 50.57±14.41 | 54.52±17.59 | 0.24 |
| Thigh length (cm) | 41.21±2.91 | 41.75±2.77 | 0.19 | 43.17±1.71 | 44.14±6.97 | 0.17 | 47.23±2.40 | 45.23±2.52 | 0.81 | 43.12±3.48 | 43.99±5.04 | 0.20 |
| Biestyloid at the wrist (cm) | 5.08±0.29 | 5.10±0.33 | 0.05 | 5.43±0.32 | 5.40±0.32 | 0.09 | 5.68±0.33 | 5.57±0.29 | 0.37 | 5.31±0.39 | 5.39±0.35 | 0.21 |
| Fat (%) | 7.67±1.29 | 8.05±2.20 | 0.22 | 8.45±1.74 | 8.28±1.59 | 0.10 | 7.79±1.71 | 8.53±1.94 | 0.40 | 7.90±1.52 | 8.32±1.84 | 0.24 |
| Muscle (%) | 49.97±1.42 | 49.52±2.47 | 0.24 | 51.25±1.84 | 50.74±1.70 | 0.30 | 52.62±2.76 | 52.00±4.15 | 0.17 | 50.92±2.16 | 50.91±3.03 | 0.01 |
| Somatotype | ||||||||||||
| Endomorphy | 1.94±0.47 | 2.14±0.85 | 0.31 | 2.44±0.70 | 2.46±0.79 | 0.02 | 1.94±0.59 | 2.31±0.57 | 0.64 | 2.07±0.59 | 2.34±0.73 | 0.39 |
| Mesomorphy | 3.14±0.70 | 3.20±0.97 | 0.08 | 3.61±1.02 | 3.09±0.99 | 0.52 | 3.22±1.27 | 3.08±1.61 | 0.09 | 3.28±0.94 | 3.11±1.23 | 0.15 |
| Ectomorphy | 3.55±0.73 | 3.56±0.83 | 0.02 | 2.62±0.82 | 3.04±0.97 | 0.51 | 2.83±1.06 | 2.82±0.49 | 0.01 | 3.14±0.92 | 3.08±0.83 | 0.07 |
| Physical performance | ||||||||||||
| Abalakov (cm) | 36.16±4.45 | 34.32±4.94 | 0.40 | 41.35±5.44 | 40.79±3.20 | 0.10 | 42.56±3.86 | 42.07±3.56 | 0.13 | 38.99±5.32 | 39.94±4.71 | 0.19 |
| D-Abalakov (cm) | 31.16±3.56 | 28.69±4.50 | 0.63 | 35.14±3.58 | 34.24±4.14 | 0.25 | 35.92±4.07 | 35.24±4.37 | 0.16 | 33.29±4.28 | 33.47±4.91 | 0.04 |
| Sprint 10 m (s) | 1.92±0.10 | 1.91±0.10 | 0.07 | 1.82±0.06 | 1.84±0.08 | 0.22 | 1.82±0.06 | 1.80±0.05 | 0.33 | 1.87±0.10 | 1.84±0.09 | 0.34 |
| Sprint 30 m (s) | 4.68±0.25 | 4.68±0.28 | 0.00 | 4.35±0.13 | 4.36±0.17 | 0.09 | 4.25±0.17 | 4.25±0.13 | 0.05 | 4.49±0.29 | 4.39±0.25 | 0.40 |
| Flexibility (cm) | 9.21±5.76 | 8.31±4.33 | 0.17 | 8.00±5.42 | 9.88±5.83 | 0.33 | 9.92±7.61 | 11.27±9.88 | 0.15 | 9.13±6.14 | 10.05±7.34 | 0.14 |
Abbreviations: U14 = under 14 age-category; U16 = under 16 age-category; U18 = under 18 age-category.