# Seasonal Changes in Body Composition, Jump, Sprint, and
## 4 Discussion
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**Variables** & **I** & **II** & **III** & **IV** & **V** & **_p_ & **ES** & **Post-hoc** \\ \hline BH & \(173.18\pm 7.17\) & \(173.18\pm 7.17\) & \(173.13\pm 7.17\) & \(173.18\pm 7.17\) & \(173.18\pm 7.17\) & - & - & - \\ BM & \(66.69\pm 8.90\) & \(66.66\pm 8.42\) & \(66.70\pm 8.51\) & \(66.89\pm 8.72\) & \(68.39\pm 9.58\) & \(0.103\) & \(0.507\) & / \\ BMI & \(22.15\pm 1.66\) & \(21.96\pm 1.38\) & \(22.38\pm 1.36\) & \(22.01\pm 1.52\) & \(22.69\pm 1.79\) & \(0.180\) & \(0.437\) & / \\ \%BF & \(28.16\pm 4.30\) & \(28.29\pm 5.78\) & \(28.24\pm 3.79\) & \(28.49\pm 3.72\) & \(29.41\pm 4.19\) & \(0.254\) & \(0.387\) & / \\ \%MM & \(31.16\pm 2.28\) & \(31.79\pm 4.44\) & \(31.11\pm 2.17\) & \(30.94\pm 2.07\) & \(30.66\pm 2.23\) & \(0.351\) & \(0.333\) & / \\ SJ & \(24.56\pm 3.26\) & \(250.09\pm 2.74\) & \(24.79\pm 3.30\) & \(25.49\pm 2.62\) & \(25.42\pm 3.45\) & \(0.733\) & \(0.168\) & / \\ CMJ & \(26.93\pm 3.37\) & \(27.34\pm 3.59\) & \(26.41\pm 3.02\) & \(27.27\pm 3.18\) & \(26.82\pm 3.87\) & \(0.407\) & \(0.306\) & / \\ CMJA & \(31.76\pm 3.65\) & \(32.34\pm 3.67\) & \(31.11\pm 3.13\) & \(30.90\pm 3.42\) & \(31.27\pm 4.68\) & \(0.096\) & \(0.515\) & / \\ CMJ right & \(12.54\pm 1.96\) & \(14.00\pm 2.58\) & \(13.39\pm 1.54\) & \(14.25\pm 1.78\) & \(14.59\pm 2.35\) & \(0.084\) & \(0.530\) & / \\ CMJ left & \(12.76\pm 1.64\) & \(13.79\pm 2.47\) & \(13.44\pm 1.32\) & \(14.11\pm 1.56\) & \(15.15\pm 2.37\) & \(0.011\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.703\) & IV \(>\) I, V \(>\) I \\
5 m & \(1.26\pm 0.06\) & \(1.20\pm 0.07\) & \(1.32\pm 0.06\) & \(1.21\pm 0.07\) & \(1.24\pm 0.07\) & \(0.000\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.904\) & III \(>\) IV \\
10 m & \(2.09\pm 0.07\) & \(2.01\pm 0.08\) & \(2.18\pm 0.10\) & \(2.06\pm 0.10\) & \(2.08\pm 0.10\) & \(0.000\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.872\) & I \(>\) II, III \(>\) I, IV \\
30 m & \(4.93\pm 0.17\) & \(4.79\pm 0.16\) & \(4.97\pm 0.22\) & \(4.92\pm 0.21\) & \(4.83\pm 0.22\) & \(0.110\) & \(0.499\) & / \\ Agility & \(7.90\pm 0.49\) & \(7.60\pm 0.44\) & \(7.54\pm 0.40\) & \(7.69\pm 0.48\) & \(7.55\pm 0.54\) & \(0.162\) & \(0.451\) & / \\ Slalom & \(8.03\pm 0.33\) & \(7.25\pm 0.47\) & \(8.32\pm 0.43\) & \(8.32\pm 0.38\) & \(7.62\pm 0.54\) & \(0.000\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.939\) & III \(>\) II, IV \(>\) II, \\  & & & & & & & & IV \(>\) V \\ SlalomBall & \(8.99\pm 0.64\) & \(8.15\pm 0.64\) & \(8.93\pm 0.45\) & \(8.96\pm 0.56\) & \(8.41\pm 0.65\) & \(0.000\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.936\) & III \(>\) II, III \(>\) IV, IV \(>\) V \\ Zig-Zag & \(5.72\pm 0.32\) & \(5.64\pm 0.39\) & \(4.76\pm 0.18\) & \(5.45\pm 0.27\) & \(5.70\pm 0.35\) & \(0.000\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.964\) & I \(>\) III, II \(>\) III, \\ Zig-ZagBall & \(5.98\pm 0.31\) & \(5.85\pm 0.34\) & \(5.10\pm 0.38\) & \(5.86\pm 0.35\) & \(5.93\pm 0.31\) & \(0.000\) \({}^{*}\) & \(0.940\) & IV \(>\) III, III \(>\) III \\ \hline  & & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular} Legend: BH—body insight BM—body mass; BMI—body mass index; %BF—percentage of body fat; %MM—percentage of muscle mass; SJ—squat jump; CMJ—countermovement jump; CMJA: countermovement jump with arm swing CMJright countermovement jump on right leg; 5 m—5 m & sprint; 10 m—10m sprint; 30 m—30m sprint; Agility—Agility test; Slalom—[PERSON] activity test without a ball; SalomBall–Salam activity test with a ball; Zig-Zag–Zig-Zag agility test without a ball; Zig-Zag–Zig-Zag agility test without a ball; Zig-Zag agility test with a ball; I—initial measurement point; II—second measurement point; III—third measurement point; IV—fourth measurement point; V—fifth measurement point (final); \(p\)—statistical significance; ES—partial effect size; \({}^{*}\)—denotes statistical significance.  
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Table 3: Parameters of body composition, jump, sprint, and agility among female handball players at five measurement points during the season; Descriptive statistics and ANOVA test. the other two agility tests, generally better results were achieved in the second and fifth measurements compared to other measurement points.