Table 1. Demographic characteristics of players in the intervention and control groups.

Characteristics	Intervention Group	Control Group	p-value
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	19.9 (1.5)	19.7 (1.4)	0.089
Soccer experience (years)	2.9 (0.8)	3.0 (0.9)	0.328
Second division experience (years)	1.7 (0.7)	1.9 (1.0)	0.131
Current club experience (years)	1.5 (0.7)	1.7 (1.0)	0.223
Weight (kg)	65.3 (3.5)	64.4 (4.6)	0.206
Height (cm)	169.5 (3.5)	169.2 (4.0)	0.486
Body Mass Index (kg.m-2)	22.7 (0.8)	22.5 (1.0)	0.188