Table 2. Differences in CODS, reactive-agility and perceptual-and-reactive-index (P&RC) between offensive and defensive players among males. Data are presented as means (± standard deviations).
Offensive players Defensive players t-test Effect size
T-value (p) ES -95%CI +95%CI
Body height (m) 1.87 (5.48) 1.92 (5.44) -2.28 (.02) -.91 -1.48 -.31
Body mass (kg) 91.1 (9.3) 96.5 (7.7) -2.13 (.02) -.69 -1.25 -.10
Sprinting-5-meters (s) 1.04 (.06) 1.07 (.07 -1.40 (.08) -.47 -1.03 .10
Broad jump (cm) 288.2 (13.0) 288.9 (27.6) -.12 (.45) .01 -.55 .57
CODS (s) 6.41 (.44) 6.82 (.37) -1.75 (.04) -.97 -1.64 -.26
Reactive agility (s) 8.33 (.69) 8.18 (.62) .69 (.25) .07 -.59 .74
P&RC (ratio) .77 (.06) .83 (.06) -1.91 (.03) -1.00 -1.68 -.29
CODS – handball specific change of direction speed; Reactive-agility – handball specific test of reactive agility; P&RC – index of perceptual and reactive capacity (ratio between achievement on CODS and Reactive-agility); CI – confidence interval