## 3 Results

Table 4: _Cont._  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Maturity Groups (13.30)**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Effect of Maturity (13.30)**} \\ \hline
**Variables** & **Early (\(u=8\))** & **On-Time (\(n=148\))** & **Late (\(n=16\))** & \(H\) & \(p\) & \(\eta_{P}^{2}\) \\ \hline Practice experience (years) & 3.9 \(\pm\) 2.5 \# & 5.3 \(\pm\) 2.6 & 6.7 \(\pm\) 2.2 & 7.32 & 0.026 & 0.041 \\ \hline Training load (h/week) & 6.4 \(\pm\) 1.3 & 6.3 \(\pm\) 1.6 & 5.5 \(\pm\) 1.2 & 4.71 & 0.095 & 0.027 \\ \hline CA (years) & 13.9 \(\pm\) 0.3 & 13.8 \(\pm\) 0.5 & 13.8 \(\pm\) 0.3 & 0.52 & 0.772 & 0.003 \\ Maturity offset (years) & 1.7 \(\pm\) 0.3 *\# & 0.5 \(\pm\) 0.7 \(\infty\) & \(-\)0.6 \(\pm\) 0.3 & 48.47 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.223 \\ APHV (years) & 12.2 \(\pm\) 0.1 *\# & 13.2 \(\pm\) 0.5 \(\infty\) & 14.4 \(\pm\) 0.1 & 61.91 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.268 \\ \hline MORPHOLOGY & & & & & \\ Body Mass (kg) & 74.3 \(\pm\) 10.6 *\# & 60.6 \(\pm\) 8.7 \(\infty\) & 43.9 \(\pm\) 4.4 & 46.94 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.217 \\ Stature (cm) & 187.9 \(\pm\) 4.0 *\# & 173.2 \(\pm\) 7.7 \(\infty\) & 160.4 \(\pm\) 3.9 & 48.34 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.222 \\ Arm span (cm) & 191.3 \(\pm\) 7.0 *\# & 176.3 \(\pm\) 9.2 \(\infty\) & 163.0 \(\pm\) 4.9 & 41.28 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.196 \\ Hand span (cm) & 22.9 \(\pm\) 1.3 \# & 22.3 \(\pm\) 1.6 \(\infty\) & 20.7 \(\pm\) 1.3 & 17.97 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.096 \\ BMI (kg/m\({}^{2}\)) & 21.1 \(\pm\) 3.4 \# & 20.1 \(\pm\) 2.1 \(\infty\) & 17.1 \(\pm\) 1.7 & 25.43 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.131 \\ \%FM & 20.2 \(\pm\) 7.8 \# & 17.2 \(\pm\) 5.3 \(\infty\) & 11.7 \(\pm\) 4.6 & 19.44 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.103 \\ FFM (kg) & 58.5 \(\pm\) 2.3 *\# & 49.9 \(\pm\) 6.1 \(\infty\) & 38.7 \(\pm\) 3.3 & 47.39 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.219 \\ \hline FITNESS & & & & & \\ V20-m (s) & 3.36 \(\pm\) 0.26 & 3.34 \(\pm\) 0.23 & 3.42 \(\pm\) 0.24 & 2.60 & 0.272 & 0.015 \\ TT (s) & 10.60 \(\pm\) 0.73 & 10.38 \(\pm\) 0.69 & 10.55 \(\pm\) 0.68 & 1.73 & 0.421 & 0.010 \\ CMJ Height (cm) & 29.5 \(\pm\) 2.5 & 30.1 \(\pm\) 52.2 & 28.9 \(\pm\) 5.0 & 1.87 & 0.393 & 0.011 \\ CMJ Power (w) & 887 \(\pm\) 104 *\# & 732 \(\pm\) 131 \(\infty\) & 524 Practice experience and training volume did not differ between maturational status groups, when considering APHV = 13.30, 13.45 or 13.81 years. Results were similar for APHV = 13.30, 13.45 and 13.81 years, i.e., compared to their on-time peers, early mature players were: (a) taller (13.30 years, +14.7 cm; 13.45 years, +14.2 cm; 13.81 years, +12.4 cm), heavier (13.30 years, +13.7 kg; 13.45 years, +15.2 kg; 13.81 years, +13.5 kg), had bigger arm span (13.30 years, +15 cm; 13.45 years, +13.6 cm; 13.81 years, +12.5 cm), wider hand span (13.30 years, +0.6 cm; 13.45 years, +0.9 cm; 13.81 years, +1.1 cm), superior BMI (13.30 years, +1.0 kg/m\({}^{2}\); 13.45 years and 13.81 years, +1.5 kg/m\({}^{2}\)), presented more relative fat mass (13.30 years, +3%; 13.45 years, +4%; 13.81 years, +2.5%) and more FFM (13.30 years, +8.6 kg; 13.45 years, +9.5 kg; 13.81 years, +9.6 kg); (b) were better in CM] power (13.30 years, +155 W; 13.45 years, +189 W; 13.81 years, +167 W), CMJ-S power (13.30 years, +164 W; 13.45 years, +207 W; 13.81 years, +178 W), handgrip strength (13.30 years, +8.2 kg; 13.45 years, +9.5 kg; 13.81 years, +10.5 kg) and threw the medicine ball further (13.30 years, +0.2 m; 13.45 years, +0.50 m; 13.81 years, +0.8 m); and (c) had more 1.3 rebounds per game (13.81 years). In addition, when APHV = 13.30 was used to establish maturity groups, the players that matured on-time had significant higher scores in PIR/min, points/min and rebounds/game then the players that matured late. Tables 2-4 present the morphological attributes, fitness performance measures and specific performance variables for each maturational status group obtained when APHV was equal to 13.81, 13.45 and 13.30 years of age, respectively.