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