Characteristic | Age-category |  | Playing standard |  | Age-category × playing standard | ||||||
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 | F | P | η2p | Comparisons | F | P | η2p | Pairwise | F | p | η2p |
Chronological age (years) | 752.2 | < 0.001 | 0.79 | U19 s > U16 s | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.01 | – | 0.08 | 0.92 | 0.00 |
Playing experience (years) | 642.8 | < 0.001 | 0.76 | U19 s > U16 s | 4.20 | 0.02 | 0.04 | E, SE > NR | 3.77 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
YPHV (years) | 201.2 | < 0.001 | 0.50 | U19 s > U16 s | 8.08 | < 0.001 | 0.07 | E > NR | 2.12 | 0.12 | 0.02 |
Anthropometrics | |||||||||||
 Body mass (kg) | 77.3 | < 0.001 | 0.28 | U19 s > U16 s | 9.23 | < 0.001 | 0.08 | E, SE > NR | 0.18 | 0.84 | 0.00 |
 Height (m) | 26.4 | < 0.001 | 0.12 | U19 s > U16 s | 0.92 | 0.40 | 0.01 | – | 0.26 | 0.77 | 0.00 |
 Sum of skinfolds (mm) | 0.56 | 0.45 | 0.00 | – | 2.26 | 0.11 | 0.02 | – | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.00 |
Physiological tests | |||||||||||
 20 m speed test (s) | 36.0 | < 0.001 | 0.16 | U19 s < U16 s | 9.61 | < 0.001 | 0.09 | E, SE < NR | 0.72 | 0.49 | 0.01 |
 40 m speed test (s) | 51.1 | < 0.001 | 0.21 | U19 s < U16 s | 16.1 | < 0.001 | 0.14 | E, SE < NR | 1.02 | 0.36 | 0.01 |
 L-run agility test (s) | 31.0 | < 0.001 | 0.14 | U19 s < U16 s | 5.77 | 0.004 | 0.06 | E < NR | 0.10 | 0.91 | 0.00 |
 Vertical jump test (cm) | 369.3 | < 0.001 | 0.65 | U19 s > U16 s | 39.8 | < 0.001 | 0.28 | E > SE > NR | 5.13 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
 2 kg MBCT test (m) | 185.4 | < 0.001 | 0.48 | U19 s > U16 s | 40.2 | < 0.001 | 0.29 | E > SE > NR | 4.39 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
 60s Push Up test (n) | 35.7 | < 0.001 | 0.15 | U19 s > U16 s | 12.4 | < 0.001 | 0.11 | E, SE > NR | 1.34 | 0.27 | 0.01 |
 Wall sit length strength (s) | 35.9 | < 0.001 | 0.15 | U19 s > U16 s | 11.3 | < 0.001 | 0.10 | E, SE > NR | 0.14 | 0.87 | 0.00 |
 Yo-Yo IRT L1 (m) | 73.4 | < 0.001 | 0.27 | U19 s > U16 s | 66.2 | < 0.001 | 0.40 | E > SE > NR | 7.31 | < 0.001 | 0.07 |
Game skills | |||||||||||
 Tackling proficiency (%) †| 62.0 | < 0.001 | 0.29 | U19 s > U16 s | 43.5 | < 0.001 | 0.22 | E > SE | 18.3 | < 0.001 | 0.11 |
 Passing ability (au)†| 210.4 | < 0.001 | 0.58 | U19 s > U16 s | 12.5 | < 0.001 | 0.08 | E > SE | 2.58 | 0.12 | 0.02 |
 Running-and-catching ability (au)†| 166.9 | < 0.001 | 0.52 | U19 s > U16 s | 46.7 | < 0.001 | 0.23 | E > SE | 25.1 | < 0.001 | 0.14 |