Table 2. Senior international medallists’ and non-medallists’ main-sport and other-sports coach-led practice hours through three age categories: Until 14, 15 to 18 and 19 to 21 years.
Medallists | Non-Medallists | |||||
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M | (SD) | n | M | (SD) | n | |
Age (years) | 25.0 | 4.7 | 83 | 24.2 | 4.4 | 83 |
Age of peak performance (years) | 23.5 | 3.9 | 83 | 23.3 | 4.0 | 83 |
Main-sport practice (hours) | ||||||
until 14 years | 1005.7 | 1057.0 | 83 | 1482.4 | 1246.0 | 83 |
15 to 18 years | 2300.3 | 1451.2 | 83 | 2783.0 | 1648.8 | 83 |
19 to 21 years | 2783.7 | 1503.2 | 81 | 3007.0 | 1422.5 | 81 |
Other-sports practice (hours) | ||||||
until 14 years | 728.6 | 1021.8 | 83 | 179.7 | 336.0 | 83 |
15 to 18 years | 274.7 | 505.3 | 83 | 60.5 | 133.1 | 83 |
19 to 21 years | 90.0 | 245.9 | 81 | 63.5 | 191.5 | 81 |