## 4 Results
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\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Male Players**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Female**} \\ \cline{2-5}
**Variables** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**(\(n=166\))**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Players(\(n=131\))**} \\ \cline{2-5}  & **Mean** & **SD** & **Mean** & **SD** \\ \hline Fitness & & & & & \\ V20-m (s) & 3.35 & \(\pm\)0.23 & 3.56 & \(\pm\)0.19 \\ T-test (s) & 10.40 & \(\pm\)0.68 & 11.20 & \(\pm\)0.60 \\ CMJ height (cm) & 30.01 & \(\pm\)5.12 & 23.81 & \(\pm\)3.69 \\ CMJ rel. power (W/kg) & 12.06 & \(\pm\)1.20 & 10.85 & \(\pm\)0.85 \\ CMJ-S height (cm) & 35.73 & \(\pm\)5.65 & 27.60 & \(\pm\)4.08 \\ CMJ-S rel. power (W/kg) & 13.17 & \(\pm\)1.25 & 11.69 & \(\pm\)0.90 \\ SUM HG (kg) & 71.3 & \(\pm\)14.8 & 56.7 & \(\pm\)9.5 \\
2 kg MBT (m) & 5.00 & \(\pm\)0.75 & 3.86 & \(\pm\)0.43 \\ Sit and reach (cm) & \(-\)1.48 & \(\pm\)7.91 & 2.87 & \(\pm\)7.66 \\ \hline Game Performance & & & & \\ PIR/game & 2.25 & \(\pm\)3.37 & 2.10 & \(\pm\)3.08 \\ PIR/min & 0.13 & \(\pm\)0.24 & 0.11 & \(\pm\)0.20 \\ Points/game & 3.82 & \(\pm\)2.60 & 3.80 & \(\pm\)2.84 \\ Points/min & 0.26 & \(\pm\)0.15 & 0.24 & \(\pm\)0.15 \\ Rebounds/game & 2.84 & \(\pm\)1.87 & 2.64 & \(\pm\)1.55 \\ Game time (min) & 14.12 & \(\pm\)3.76 & 14.68 & \(\pm\)4.32 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Key: BM = body mass index; BF = body fat; CA = chronological age; CMJ = countermovement jump; CMJ-S = countermovement jump with arms swing; SUM HG = sum of right and left handgrips; MBT = medicine ball throw; PIR = performance index rating; V20-m = 20 m speed test; YAPHV = years from the age at peak height velocity; \(\%\)BF = percent body fat.  
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Table 2: _Cont._ \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Male Players**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Female Players**} \\ \hline
**Variables** & **BM** & **\%BF** & **FFM** & **BM** & **\%BF** & **FFM** \\ \hline Fitness & & & & & & \\ V20-m (s) & 0.210 * & 0.238 * & 0.076 & 0.197 & 0.145 & 0.143 \\ T-test (s) & 0.233 * & 0.223 * & 0.115 & 0.328 ** & 0.210 & 0.293 ** \\ CMJ height (cm) & \(-\)0.226 * & \(-\)0.352 ** & \(-\)0.039 & \(-\)0.336 ** & \(-\)0.272 * & \(-\)0.284 ** \\ CMJ rel. power (W/kg) & \(-\)0.235 * & \(-\)0.274 ** & \(-\)0.116 & \(-\)0.409 ** & \(-\)0.313 ** & \(-\)0.357 ** \\ CMJ-S height (cm) & \(-\)0.256 ** & \(-\)0.381 ** & \(-\)0.052 & \(-\)0.354 ** & \(-\)0.214 * & \(-\)0.333 ** \\ CMJ-S rel. power (W/kg) & \(-\)0.255 ** & \(-\)0.287 ** & \(-\)0.128 & \(-\)0.417 ** & \(-\)0.255 * & \(-\)0.393 ** \\ SUM HG (kg) & 0.344 ** & 0.148 & 0.350 ** & 0.448 ** & 0.336 ** & 0.422 ** \\ MBT (m) & 0.245 * & \(-\)0.015 & 0.346 ** & 0.563 ** & 0.432 ** & 0.502 ** \\ Sit and reach (cm) & \(-\)0.083 & \(-\)0.061 & \(-\)0.065 & \(-\)0.042 & 0.151 & \(-\)0.124 \\ \hline Game Performance & & & & & \\ PIR/game & \(-\)0.103 & \(-\)0.261 ** & 0.088 & 0.101 & 0.019 & 0.114 \\ PIR/min & 0.086 & \(-\)0.269 ** & 0.123 & 0.124 & 0.045 & 0.123 \\ Points/game & \(-\)0.135 & \(-\)0.200 * & \(-\)0.011 & \(-\)0.008 & \(-\)0.071 & 0.029 \\ Points/min & \(-\)0.108 & \(-\)0.175 & 0.007 & 0.048 & \(-\)0.035 & 0.085 \\ Rebounds/game & 0.184 & 0.070 & 0.307 ** & 0.104 & 0.010 & 0.113 \\ Game Time (s) & \(-\)0.057 & \(-\)0.199 * & 0.075 & \(-\)0.105 & \(-\)0.122 & \(-\)0.081 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Key: BM = body mass; CMJ = countermovement jump; CMJ-S = countermovement jump with arms swing; FFM = fat-free; MISR = medicine ball throw; PIR = performance index rating; SUM HG = sum of right and left handgrips; V20-m = 20 m speed test; YAPHV = years from the age at peak height velocity; \(\%\)BF = percent body fat.
* \(p\leq 0.01\), ** \(p\leq 0.001\).  
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Table 3: Partial correlations between body composition (BM, %BF, FFM) and fitness test and game performance variables, controlling for the effect of YAPHV.