Table 1.

Sample characteristics of the men’s and women’s senior and youth groups used in the present study

	Age group	Season
		12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20	Total
Men
Number of camps	U15–U19	15	30	27	29	32	30	25	20	208
	U20–Senior	14	12	17	14	17	14	16	9	113
Number of Matches	U15–U19	30	51	57	68	73	72	54	48	453
	U20–Senior	24	28	36	34	39	36	29	18	244
Match exposure (h)	U15–U19	458	752	875	1022	1159	1139	849	760	7014
	U20–Senior	396	453	583	538	644	594	490	302	4000
Training exposure (h)	U15–U19	1880	3864	3514	4345	6903	6197	5935	4112	36,750
	U20–Senior	1981	2025	3230	2222	3763	5749	4408	2186	25,564
Camp days	U15–U19	123	207	240	294	298	282	268	171	1883
	U20–Senior	115	125	221	158	171	186	223	98	1297
Number of players	U15–U19	277	639	554	626	631	601	551	453	4332
	U20–Senior	316	346	456	295	343	373	398	216	2743
Number of Injuries	U15–U19	20	45	46	43	63	47	31	24	319
	U20–Senior	38	21	37	14	30	30	35	11	216
Women
Number of camps	U15–U19	17	25	30	36	39	40	40	27	254
	U20–Senior	11	15	15	11	21	23	15	7	118
Number of Matches	U15–U19	26	38	36	41	48	58	37	31	315
	U20–Senior	20	19	32	15	21	27	36	13	183
Match exposure (h)	U15–U19	405	606	548	636	788	919	570	517	4989
	U20–Senior	330	315	540	248	347	446	594	218	3038
Training exposure (h)	U15–U19	3696	5395	5918	5749	7906	7387	4979	5132	46,162
	U20–Senior	1966	2814	3373	1589	4316	5573	5009	1939	26,579
Camp days	U15–U19	101	178	173	185	263	238	254	148	1540
	U20–Senior	79	103	160	84	149	189	192	73	1029
Number of players	U15–U19	484	710	732	844	893	958	606	625	5852
	U20–Senior	242	336	351	248	440	524	309	142	2592
Number of Injuries	U15-U19	24	33	33	59	31	51	50	45	326
	U20-Senior	12	23	25	23	14	30	39	11	177