Table 3. Differences in CODS, reactive-agility and perceptual-and-reactive-index (P&RC) between offensive and defensive players among females. 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) 1.76 (.06) 1.79 (.07) 1.89 (.04) -.53 -.53 -1.28
Body mass (kg) 73.4 (9.3) 78.2 (7.1) 1.85 (.04) -.59 -.59 -1.35
Sprinting-5-meters (s) 1.09 (.05) 1.12 (.08) -.05 (.48) -.49 -.49 -1.24
Broad jump (cm) 245.2 (19.5) 233.8 (15.6) 1.78 (.04) .62 .62 .17
CODS (s) 7.36 (.42) 7.51 (.26) -1.19 (.24) -.40 -.40 -1.15
Reactive agility (s) 8.57 (.68) 8.96 (1.00) -1.24 (.23) -.49 -.49 -1.24
P&RC (ratio) .81 (.06) .86 (.07) -1.99 (.03) -.79 -.79 -1.55
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