Table 1.
Characteristics of the football players by competition level. Data are means (±SD)
Competition Level
Age
(yrs)
Weight
(kg)
Height
(m)
Training (hours·week
-1
)
1
st
national (n = 19)
26 (3)
72.7 (5.5)
1.77 (5.6)
12
2
nd
national (n = 17)
24 (2)
70.4 (6.1)
1.76 (4.4)
10
1
st
regional (n = 30)
29 (5)
76.5 (8.2)
1.73 (4.3)
10
Sub 16 years (n =14)
16 (0)
60.7 (4.4)
1.70 (3.9)
10
Sub 14 years (n= 32)
14 (0)
55.1 (5.3)
1.66 (5.9)
8
Sub 12 years (n = 24)
12 (0)
46.8 (5.7)
1.50 (6.0)
4.5