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.