Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of gymnasts experience, frequency and time of training, and frequency of participation in competition.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of age, height, weight and somatotype components of gymnasts.
Fig 1.
Senior (small circles) and junior (small squares) gymnasts. Large circles = means.
Fig 2.
Somatotype distribution for gymnasts who prefer different events.
Large circles–means of group: 1 = pommel horse; 2 = horizontal bar, parallel bars, rings; 3 = vault, free exercises; 4 = all-around.
Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of BMI and body composition variables for male Polish gymnasts according to age category and preferred event.
Fig 3.
Interactions and 95% LSD for FFMI.
FFMI = fat-free mass index.
Fig 4.
Gymnasts body composition chart.
BMI = body mass index, FFMI = fat-free mass index, FMI = fat mas index, PF% = percent fat in whole body mass.
Table 4.
Body length indices and pelvi-acromial index according to age category and preferred event.
Table 5.
Descriptive statistics of HGSmax, HGS sensitivity, postural balance, results of counter movements jump and lower limbs power for male Polish gymnasts according to age category and preferred events.
Fig 5.
0—the rest group, 1 –the ten best all-arounders. Each fill type-coded region corresponds to a different group. Experience and mesomorphy are used to define the horizontal and vertical axes, while the lower limb index, pelvi-acromial index, and relative HGSmax are held at fixed values.