TABLE 3.

Correlations between original and canonical variables within groups for boys’ and girls’ age groups.

Original variables	BOYS				GIRLS
	U-13		U-15		U-13		U-15
	CV1	CV2	CV1	CV2	CV1	CV2	CV1	CV2
MO	0.753	0.156	0.970	−0.243	−0.957	0.191	0.877	0.173
APHV	−0.713	0.396	−0.850	−0.109	0.238	0.064	0.512	0.137
PAH	0.763	0.125	0.494	0.821	0.292	0.674	0.185	−0.665
20m	−0.893	0.192	−0.876	−0.240	−0.495	0.128	−0.034	0.640
T-test	−0.902	0.331	−0.853	−0.450	−0.810	−0.482	−0.085	0.289
ABA	0.637	−0.585	0.899	−0.053	−0.012	0.871	−0.046	−0.956
HJ	0.786	0.231	0.942	−0.259	0.135	0.944	0.806	−0.506
Points	0.916	−0.130	0.924	−0.185	0.751	0.344	−0.074	0.394
Field goals	0.901	−0.206	0.915	−0.305	0.810	−0.102	0.237	0.647
Rebounds	0.911	−0.046	0.808	0.466	0.692	0.682	0.409	0.552
Ast:TO ratio	−0.082	−0.801	0.010	−0.578	0.419	0.041	0.843	−0.381
Stl:TO ratio	0.146	−0.946	0.120	−0.551	0.667	−0.440	0.822	0.032

MO, maturity offset; APHV, age of peak height velocity; PAH, predicted adult height; Abbreviations: 20m, 20 meters’ sprint time; T-test, agility t-test; ABA, Abalakov vertical jump; HJ, horizontal jump; Ast:TO, assist per turnover ratio; Stl:TO, steal per turnover ratio; CV1, canonical variable 1; CV2, canonical variable 2.