Table 2 Pre-competition emotions for starters and non-starters for the three league games. Data are means (± SD). Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Starters Non-starters Starters Non-starters Starters Non-starters PSE 4.8 (1.3) 4.3 (0.86) 3.8 (1.3) 4.1 (0.96) 4.2 (1.5) 4.5 (0.6) USE 1.6 (0.5) 2.7 (1.3) 1.9 (1.1) 2.1 (0.7) 2.2 (0.9) 2.5 (1.3) PTE 5.4 (1.1) 4.7 (0.7) 4.5 (2.2) 4.2 (1.6) 5.1 (1.3) 4.9 (1.1) UTE 1.7 (0.9) 2.2 (1.1) 1.1 (0.2) 1.6 (0.8) 1.5 (0.4) 1.8 (0.8) s: N: Starters, NS: non-starter players, PSE: Pleasant Somatic Emotions, USE: Unpleasant Somatic Emotions, PTE: Pleasant Transactional Emotions, UTE: Unpleasant Transactional Emotions