Table 1 Descriptives of participants competitive levels, age, age when they started training the sport, training hours/week and number of coaches.
Variable | Age | Age when started training the sport | Training hours/week | Number of coaches | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | Males | Total | Females | Males | Total | Females | Males | Total | Females | Males | Total | |
M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
Athletics (n = Females/Males/Total) | ||||||||||||
National junior elite (n = 21/13/34) | 17.38 (2.01) | 20.08 (8.21) | 18.41 (8.74) | 8.00 (2.30) | 9.92 (4.42) | 8.74 (3.35) | 8.24 (3.67) | 12.31 (10.18) | 9.79 (7.06) | 2.90 (1.04) | 3.46 (1.61) | 3.12 (1.30) |
International junior elite (n = 77/51/128) | 17.22 (1.41) | 17.78 (5.08) | 17.45 (3.38) | 8.06 (2.49) | 9.08 (2.63) | 8.47 (2.58) | 11.35 (3.86) | 10.76 (4.14) | 11.12 (3.97) | 3.08 (1.33) | 3.20 (1.18) | 3.13 (1.27) |
National senior elite (n = 15/20/35) | 17.33 (1.76) | 17.25 (1.12) | 17.29 (1.40) | 7.73 (2.12) | 9.35 (3.57) | 8.66 (3.10) | 11.93 (3.95) | 14.75 (6.16) | 13.54 (5.45) | 3.00 (1.36) | 3.70 (1.38) | 3.40 (1.40) |
International senior elite (n = 10/19/29) | 23.20 (3.58) | 25.63 (6.84) | 24.79 (5.97) | 10.70 (5.33) | 9.42 (2.61) | 9.86 (3.73) | 12.60 (6.19) | 12.63 (4.27) | 12.62 (4.90) | 2.50 (0.71) | 2.84 (1.01) | 2.72 (0.92) |
Other level/below elite (n = 2/5/7) | 23.50 (2.12) | 26.40 (2.79) | 25.57 (2.82) | 10.00 (2.83) | 11.60 (5.37) | 11.14 (4.60) | 16.00 (5.66) | 13.40 (7.13) | 14.14 (6.39) | 2.50 (0.71) | 2.20 (0.45) | 2.29 (0.49) |
Total sample (n = 125/108/233) | 17.84 (2.52) | 19.74 (6.27) | 18.72 (4.73) | 8.26 (2.81) | 9.41 (3.20) | 8.79 (3.04) | 11.07 (4.27) | 12.14 (5.80) | 11.57 (5.05) | 2.98 (1.24) | 3.21 (1.26) | 3.09 (1.25) |
Orienteering (n = Females/Males/Total) | ||||||||||||
National elite (juniors) (n = 16/12/28) | 17.44 (2.19) | 17.67 (2.74) | 17.54 (2.40) | 6.44 (3.44) | 7.92 (4.93) | 7.07 (4.13) | 3.81 (2.19) | 3.50 (1.88) | 3.68 (2.04) | 4.44 (1.59) | 4.17 (1.19) | 4.32 (1.42) |
International elite (junior) (n = 43/32/75) | 17.33 (1.02) | 17.53 (0.84) | 17.41 (0.95) | 5.56 (4.02) | 6.13 (3.87) | 5.80 (3.94) | 3.72 (1.99) | 3.48 (2.17) | 3.62 (2.06) | 4.53 (1.12) | 4.78 (1.18) | 4.64 (1.15) |
National elite (senior) (n = 4/2/7) | 18.00 (1.22) | 16.50 (0.71) | 17.57 (1.27) | 7.60 (3.21) | 8.50 (4.95) | 7.86 (3.34) | 6.60 (2.30) | 5.00 (2.83) | 6.14 (2.34) | 3.60 (1.67) | 4.00 (0.00) | 3.71 (1.38) |
International elite (senior) (n = 3/11/14) | 23.00 (4.36) | 22.27 (3.23) | 22.43 (3.32) | 4.33 (4.51) | 6.27 (3.95) | 5.86 (3.98) | 4.67 (3.79) | 6.40 (4.79) | 6.00 (4.49) | 2.67 (1.53) | 2.18 (1.40) | 2.29 (1.38) |
Other level (below elite) (n = 6/8/14) | 28.83 (4.53) | 25.75 (5.78) | 27.07 (5.33) | 5.67 (4.50) | 3.88 (3.48) | 4.64 (3.89) | 11.17 (7.52) | 6.43 (4.20) | 8.62 (6.20) | 2.33 (1.37) | 3.38 (2.07) | 2.93 (1.82) |
Total sample (n = 73/63/138) | 18.58 (3.80) | 19.34 (3.99) | 18.93 (3.90) | 5.85 (3.86) | 6.28 (4.12) | 6.05 (3.97) | 4.59 (3.52) | 4.34 (3.15) | 4.47 (3.35) | 4.19 (1.45) | 4.03 (1.62) | 4.12 (1.53) |
