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n
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Age began training (1)
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Age began competing (2)
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M
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SD
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M
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SD
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Current primary sport: F(6, 290)
(1)= 5.70, p< .01;
(2)= 8.44, p< .01.
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MMA
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30
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15.73
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6.74
|
18.43a
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5.84
|
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MT/KB
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46
|
17.04a
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6.58
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19.91a
|
7.46
|
|
Boxing
|
61
|
16.92a
|
6.64
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19.79a
|
6.55
|
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BJJ
|
58
|
17.91a
|
8.13
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20.47a
|
7.46
|
|
Wrestling
|
43
|
11.65a
|
8.85
|
12.65a
|
8.85
|
|
Judo
|
26
|
13.58
|
6.98
|
15.65
|
6.49
|
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TSS
|
34
|
13.38
|
6.19
|
16.74a
|
5.49
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Current level of competition: F(2, 294)
(1)= 6.25, p <.01; (2)= 5.75, p< .01.
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Amateur
|
115
|
17.23a
|
6.42
|
19.62a
|
6.71
|
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Regional/state
|
99
|
15.14
|
8.21
|
17.84
|
8.08
|
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Elite
|
84
|
13.75a
|
7.75
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16.20a
|
7.45
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- Note: M mean, SD standard deviation, MMA mixed martial arts, MT/KB Muay Thai/kickboxing, BJJ Brazilian jiu-jitsu and TSS traditional striking sports
- Superscripts indicates where Bonferonni adjusted pair-wise tests indicated group differences, with scores in bold indicating the lowest score in the pairwise difference. Effect sizes for scores in bold. (1) Wrestling MT/KB (d= 0.70, medium effect), boxing (d= 0.66, medium effect) and BJJ (d= 0.74, medium effect). Elite and amateurs (d= 0.48, medium effect). (2) Wrestling and MMA (d= 0.81, large effect), MT/KB (d= 0.89, large effect), boxing (d= 0.88, large effect), BJJ (d= 0.98, large effect) and traditional striking sports (d= 0.58, medium effect). Elite and amateur (d= 0.48, medium effect)
- Two-way ANOVAs (current primary x current level: F(12, 276) were non-significant for (1) = 1.03, p= .42; (2)= 1.20, p= .28
