Table 3. Correlation between number of practices and games, hours of exposure, incidence, number of injuries per season and performance. Performance Total team ranking Mean game ranking Mean player ranking Mean player scored points r Pearson p r Pearson p r Pearson p r Pearson p Exposure Total number of practice .67 .09 .14 .75 .52 .23 .77 * .04 Total number of games .87 * .01 .39 .39 .57 .18 .71 .74 Total hours exposure .76 * .04 .35 .44 .48 .27 .70 .77 Total hours practice exposure .80 * .03 .23 .61 .51 .24 .43 .34 Total hours game exposure .75 .54 .35 .43 .48 .28 .71 .07 Injuries Total number of injuries .84 * .02 .59 .16 .82 * ,02 .92 ** <.01 Number of injuries during practice .83 * .02 .64 .12 .76 * .04 .75 .05 Number of injuries during game .53 .22 .33 .47 .56 .19 .67 .09 Total injury incidence per 1000 h .75 .05 .65 .11 .84 * .02 .88 ** <.01 Practice injury incidence per 1000 h .75 .05 .67 .10 .76 * .05 .67 .10 Game injury incidence per 1000 h .35 .44 .30 .52 .47 .29 .60 .0.15 * p < 0.01 ** p < 0.005.