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. 2022 Dec 2;10(12):197. doi: 10.3390/sports10120197

Table 5.

Relationship of high SOTG level with age, UF experience, national team experience, weekly training sessions and volume, country world ranking, EBUC games played and classification, and motivational climate measures, in the total sample and by competitive level.

High SOTG Level
Competitive Level
All Players (n = 160)
r (95%CI)
Highest (n = 74)
r (95%CI)
Intermediate (n = 40)
r (95%CI)
Lowest (n = 46)
r (95%CI)
Chronological age 0.15 (−0.01; 0.30) 0.06 (−0.18; 0.29) 0.04 (−0.28; 0.36) 0.16 (−0.14; 0.44)
UF experience −0.06 (−0.21; 0.11) −0.09 (−0.32; 0.15) 0.00 (−0.32; 0.32) −0.36 * (−0.60; −0.07)
National team experience −0.18 * (−0.33; −0.02) −0.19 (−0.40; 0.05) −0.18 (−0.47; 0.15) −0.35 * (−0.59; −0.05)
Weekly training sessions −0.12 (−0.27; 0.04) 0.23 * (−0.45; 0.001) −0.08 (−0.39; 0.25) 0.25 (−0.06; 0.51)
Weekly training volume −0.10 (−0.26; 0.06) 0.23 * (−0.44; 0.01) −0.09 (−0.40; 0.24) 0.33 * (0.03; 0.57)
Country world ranking 0.31 ** (0.14; 0.46) 0.20 (−0.06; 0.43) 0.40 * (0.05; 0.67) 0.54 ** (0.27; 0.73)
EBUC games played −0.19 * (−0.34; −0.04) −0.30 ** (−0.50; −0.07) 0.05 (−0.28; 0.36) −0.39 ** (−0.62; −0.11)
EBUC classification 0.53 ** (0.40; 0.64) 0.58 ** (0.39; 0.71) 0.48 ** (0.19; 0.70) 0.65 ** (0.43; 0.79)
Task orientation −0.05 (−0.21; 0.11) 0.09 (−0.15; 0.32) −0.29 (−0.56; 0.04) 0.03 (−0.28; 0.32)
Ego orientation −0.11 (−0.26; 0.05) 0.10 (−0.14; 0.33) −0.27 (−0.54; 0.05) −0.32 * (−0.57; −0.03)

Note: (dummy coded; regular SOTG level as the reference group). SOTG (Spirit of the Game); UF (Ultimate Frisbee); EBUC (European Beach Ultimate Championship). r (correlation coefficients); 95%CI (95% confidence intervals). Dummy coded (regular SOTG level as the reference group in the analysis). Unacceptable collinearity (r > 0.98). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.