Table 2. Physical activity intensity (minutes per hour) during practice sessions and games for the total population and each participant group. Values are presented as mean (± SD).
Overall (n=160) U14 Males (n=29) U14 Females (n=29) U16 Males (n=29) U16 Females (n=30) U18 Males (n=28) U18 Females (n=15)
Practice Game d Practice Game d Practice Game d Practice Game d Practice Game d Practice Game d Practice Game d
Sitting/lying 3.5
(4.9)
3.8
(4.8)
.06 2.3
(1.0)
3.1
(4.2)
.26 6.2
(6.7)
5.5
(7.8)
.09 2.8
(4.7)
4.2
(4.5)
.30 3.0
(3.1)
2.9
(6.1)
.02 6.1
(5.0)
3.7
(1.0)
.67 2.8
(1.5)
4.8
(3.6)
0.73
Standing 16.7
(5.5)
11.5
(5.9)*
.91 15.3
(3.8)
12.6
(4.3)
.67 18.8
(5.1)
13.6
(3.8)#
1.16 13.7
(5.7)
8.1
(5.3)#
1.02 19.8
(4.6)
15.2
(4.1)#
1.05 11.7
(4.3)
9.4
(4.0)
.55 17.5
(3.3)
13.8
(3.5)#
1.09
LIPA 10.7
(3.5)
8.7
(4.0)*
.53 12.0
(2.7)
8.4
(3.7)#
1.11 9.9
(2.8)
10.3
(4.5)
.11 10.2
(3.5)
7.7
(2.9)† 
.78 11.9
(4.9)
10.0
(4.2)
.42 9.8
(2.0)
9.0
(3.6)
.27 12.8
(2.5)
9.3
(4.2)† 
1.01
MPA 12.5
(3.7)
13.9
(3.6)*
.38 14.0
(1.6)
14.4
(2.9)
.17 14.0
(4.0)
12.0
(5.1)
.44 14.5
(3.4)
13.8
(4.0)
.19 10.2
(3.0)
12.3
(3.4)
.65 11.9
(2.2)
14.9
(4.8)
.80 9.6
(2.1)
12.2
(3.4)† 
0.92
VPA 16.6
(7.5)
22.1
(9.4)*
.64 16.4
(4.5)
21.5
(9.2)† 
.70 11.1
(6.2)
18.6
(4.5)*
1.38 18.8
(8.0)
26.2
(9.6)† 
.84 15.1
(6.1)
19.6
(7.0)
.68 20.5
(5.9)
23.0
(7.1)
.38 17.3
(3.6)
19.9
(6.6)
0.49
MVPA 29.1
(8.3)
36.0
(9.2)*
.80 30.4
(4.6)
35.9
(8.4)† 
.80 25.1
(8.6)
30.6
(6.4)† 
.73 33.3
(8.5)
40.0
(7.9)† 
.82 25.3
(8.1)
31.9
(7.5)† 
.85 32.4
(5.3)
37.9
(4.6)† 
1.11 26.9
(4.7)
32.1
(7.2)† 
0.85
d = Cohen’s.* p ≤ 0.001,# p < 0.01,†  p < 0.05 between practice and game.