Youth Judokas Competing in Higher Age Groups Leads to a Short-Term Success
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Mean ± SD |
---|---|
Age | 19.5 ± 2.4 |
Sex (%) | |
Female | 47.8 |
Male | 52.2 |
Categorisation (%) | |
1—World Class | 6.5 |
2—International Class | 10.9 |
3—Perspective Class | 50.0 |
4—National Class | 32.6 |
2009 Starting age category National Class | 6 ± 1 |
2009 Starting age category Perspective Class | 6 ± 1 |
2009 Starting age category International Class | 3 ± 0.5 |
2009 Starting age category World Class | 3 ± 0 |
2009 Average Competition category | 5 ± 2 |
U21 participants in 2009 (n) | 11 |
U18 participants in 2009 (n) | 8 |
U14 participants in 2009 (n) | 17 |
U12 participants in 2009 (n) | 10 |
Total Home Competitions in 5 years | 30 ± 10 |
Total Abroad Competitions in 5 years | 10 ± 8 |
Home Competitions per year | 6 ± 2 |
Abroad Competitions per year | 2 ± 2 |
Total Competitions per Year | 8 ± 2 |
CS—Points 2009 (n = 44) | 682 ± 843 |
CS—Points 2010 (n = 44) | 941 ± 1324 |
CS—Points 2011 (n = 46) | 1038 ± 1286 |
CS—Points 2012 (n = 46) | 1251 ± 1291 |
CS—Points 2013 (n = 46) | 1753 ± 1550 |
Competition categories per year | 3 ± 1 |
VARIABLES | Competing in 2018 | Dropout | |
---|---|---|---|
Categorisation Level | YES | NO | % |
National | 6 | 9 | 60 |
Perspective | 11 | 12 | 52 |
International | 3 | 2 | 40 |
World Class | 2 | 1 | 33 |
TOTAL | 22 | 24 | 52 |
Variable | Group | Mean | SD | Mean Rank | χ2 | Sig | ES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C CAT 2009 | WC | 2 | 1 | 31.50 | 5.73 | 0.126 | 0.133 |
IC | 31.70 | ||||||
PC | 19.91 | ||||||
NC | 21.36 | ||||||
C CAT 2010 | WC | 2 | 1 | 26.50 | 5.77 | 0.123 | 0.134 |
IC | 31.00 | ||||||
PC | 18.52 | ||||||
NC | 25.35 | ||||||
C CAT 2011 | WC | 2 | 1 | 12.50 | 2.47 | 0.482 | 0.055 |
IC | 23.60 | ||||||
PC | 24.24 | ||||||
NC | 24.53 | ||||||
C CAT 2012 | WC | 3 | 1 | 9.50 | 8.79 | 0.032 # | 0.195 |
IC | 12.90 | ||||||
PC | 26.48 | ||||||
NC | 25.27 | ||||||
C CAT 2013 | WC | 3 | 1 | 7.17 | 9.99 | 0.019 # | 0.222 |
IC | 13.00 | ||||||
PC | 26.39 | ||||||
NC | 25.83 | ||||||
T C H | WC | 30 | 10 | 2.33 | 12.89 | 0.005 † | 0.286 |
IC | 14.20 | ||||||
PC | 28.33 | ||||||
NC | 23.43 | ||||||
T C A | WC | 10 | 8 | 44.67 | 24.67 | 0.000 ‡,₸,× | 0.548 |
IC | 38.20 | ||||||
PC | 24.98 | ||||||
NC | 12.10 | ||||||
T C 5Y | WC | 40 | 12 | 25.33 | 6.67 | 0.083 | 0.148 |
IC | 28.80 | ||||||
PC | 26.85 | ||||||
NC | 16.23 |
Variable | Group | Mean | SD | Mean Rank | χ2 | Sig | ES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CS 2009 | WC | 682 | 843 | 42.33 | 15.10 | 0.002 ₸,×,† | 0.351 |
IC | 34.90 | ||||||
PC | 20.66 | ||||||
NC | 16.71 | ||||||
CS 2010 | WC | 941 | 1324 | 40.00 | 15.93 | 0.002 ₸,×,‖ | 0.370 |
IC | 37.90 | ||||||
PC | 19.85 | ||||||
NC | 17.23 | ||||||
CS 2011 | WC | 1038 | 1286 | 41.33 | 14.68 | 0.002 ₸,× | 0.326 |
IC | 35.90 | ||||||
PC | 23.59 | ||||||
NC | 15.67 | ||||||
CS 2012 | WC | 1251 | 1291 | 44.00 | 16.13 | 0.001 × | 0.358 |
IC | 30.50 | ||||||
PC | 25.41 | ||||||
NC | 14.13 | ||||||
CS 2013 | WC | 1753 | 1550 | 45.00 | 21.25 | 0.001 ₸,×,† | 0.472 |
IC | 39.70 | ||||||
PC | 22.80 | ||||||
NC | 14.87 | ||||||
T CS 5Y | WC | 5594 | 5413 | 45.00 | 22.18 | 0.001 ₸,×,† | 0.493 |
IC | 39.90 | ||||||
PC | 23.11 | ||||||
NC | 14.33 |
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