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. 2021 Jun 29;12:673434. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.673434

Table 5.

Pairwise comparisons between relatively older (Q1) and relatively younger (Q4/Q8) handball players of the individual performance throughout the last 16 seasons (2005–2020) according to gender and competition level.

Men
I.P.S Formative categories (U-19/U-21) Senior category
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
X ± SD p Slope QI X ± SD p Slope QI X ± SD p Slope QI X ± SD p Slope QI
Go 17.71 ± 10.87 0.913 0.19 ? 14.43 ± 10.11 0.029 −0.82 18.49 ± 11.58 0.253 −0.22 ? 17.76 ± 10.26 0.004 −1.02 *
PeSh 52.06 ± 24.55 0.415 1.15 ? 43.86 ± 31.78 0.504 −2.00 ? 56.02 ± 23.97 0.009 −2.20 * 59.24 ± 24.21 0.744 −0.23 ?
Sa 20.25 ± 9.81 0.610 −0.10 ? 34.67 ± 17.62 0.247 0.93 ? 55.80 ± 27.38 0.021 5.02 * 51.67 ± 35.57 0.856 0.40 ?
PeSa 33.00 ± 8.04 0.824 0.71 ? 34.33 ± 6.35 0.181 1.97 ? 33.00 ± 3.67 0.006 −1.63 * 36.33 ± 3.06 0.538 0.42 ?
As 5.13 ± 5.49 0.727 0.12 ? 2.94 ± 4.33 0.118 −0.14 ? 10.76 ± 10.45 0.043 −0.57 * 9.85 ± 9.64 0.286 −0.50 *
Pen 4.85 ± 5.28 0.114 −0.09 ? 5.61 ± 6.34 0.144 0.26 ? 3.68 ± 4.12 0.045 −0.28 ↔↓ 7.17 ± 6.21 0.315 −0.18 ?
Min 194.24 ± 83.77 0.187 5.24 ? 191.90 ± 90.71 0.425 −4.39 ? 233.95 ± 83.44 0.745 −1.12 ? 236.98 ± 84.68 0.047 −4.23 *
Min-M 23.67 ± 10.27 0.686 0.37 ? 22.78 ± 10.34 0.189 −0.84 ? 25.85 ± 9.10 0.315 0.24 ? 26.18 ± 8.82 0.532 −0.07 ?
Women
I.P.S Formative categories (U-18/U-20) Senior category
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
X ± SD p Slope QI X ± SD p Slope QI X ± SD p Slope QI X ± SD p Slope QI
Go 14.12 ± 14.08 0.699 −0.78 ? 14.36 ± 13.62 0.934 0 ? 14.88 ± 10.23 0.116 0.10 ? 12.62 ± 11.47 0.042 1.16 *
PeSh 40.87 ± 32.23 0.306 −0.15 ? 41.50 ± 27.40 0.707 −0.79 ? 54.51 ± 26.77 0.794 0.42 ? 59.14 ± 22.76 0.049 1.99 *
Sa 41.56 ± 21.21 0.406 0.31 ? 49.67 ± 1.53 0.471 0.21 ? 59.43 ± 30.52 0.793 0.64 ? 0 ± 0 - - -
PeSa 32.20 ± 5.24 0.230 −1.51 ? 34.90 ± 1.25 0.477 0.16 ? 36.86 ± 5.73 0.741 0.40 ? 0 ± 0 - - -
As 2.60 ± 2.86 0.951 0.02 ? 2.40 ± 2.97 0.882 −0.17 ? 6.41 ± 7.17 0.049 −0.55 * 7.23 ± 9.02 0.036 0.93 *
Pen 3.84 ± 5.47 0.801 0.06 ? 3.53 ± 4.34 0.846 0.02 ? 5.05 ± 5.43 0.174 0.01 ? 3.95 ± 3.47 0.333 0.14 ?
Min 180.99 ± 104.26 0.100 −7.83 ? 155.57 ± 82.47 0.901 5.10 ? 228.45 ± 105.66 0.673 −1.30 ? 164.35 ± 71.03 0.339 1.17 ?
Min-M 25.25 ± 13.97 0.103 −0.99 ? 20.97 ± 10.93 0.569 0.90 ? 28.69 ± 10.78 0.741 0.13 ? 21.61 ± 8.11 0.187 0.32 ?

U-19/U-21,” male youth and junior categories; “U-18/U-20,” female youth and junior categories; “Q1,” relative older players; “Q4/Q8,” relative younger players; “p,” significance level; “QI,” qualitative inference; “I.P.S.,” individual performance statistics; “Go,” goals; “PeSh,” percentage of effectiveness in shots; “Sa,” saves; “PeSa,” percentage of effectiveness in saves; “As,” assists; “Pen,” penalties; “Min,” minutes played; “Min-M,” minutes played per match; “?,” very unlikely increase/decrease (unclear change); “↔↑*/↔↓*,” unlikely trivial increase/decrease; “↔↑/↔↓,” trivial increase/decrease; “↑/↓,” substantial increase/decrease; “↑*/↓*,” likely substantial increase/decrease; “-,” No statistical data for this subgroup of the sample.