Table 8

Summary of stepwise discriminant analyses by age group: variables entered/removed*

		Wilks’ lambda
Step	Entered						Exact F		Significance
Step	Entered	Statistic	df1	df2	df3	Statistic	df1	df2	Significance
At each step, the variable that minimises the overall Wilks’ lambda is entered. Maximum number of steps is 34; *maximum significance of F to enter is 0.05; minimum significance of F to remove is 0.10; F level, tolerance, or VIN insufficient for further computation.
U13 analysis
1	30 m dash	0.781	1	2	89	12.453	2	89	0.000
2	Lobbing	0.688	2	2	89	9.052	4	176	0.000
3	Shuttle sprint	0.628	3	2	89	7.605	6	174	0.000
4	Shuttle tempo	0.558	4	2	89	7.278	8	172	0.000
5	Juggling	0.478	5	2	89	7.587	10	170	0.000
U14 analysis
1	Juggling	0.757	1	2	115	18.439	2	115	0.000
2	30 m dash	0.666	2	2	115	12.831	4	228	0.000
3	Shuttle sprint	0.615	3	2	115	10.372	6	226	0.000
4	ESHR	0.577	4	2	115	8.870	8	224	0.000
U15 analysis
1	Sit ups	0.679	1	2	87	20.587	2	87	0.000
2	ESHR	0.545	2	2	87	10.029	4	170	0.000
3	SSK	0.506	3	2	87	8.520	6	168	0.000
4	Shuttle sprint	0.469	4	2	87	7.630	8	166	0.000
5	Dribbling	0.427	5	2	87	7.240	10	164	0.000
6	30 m dash	0.409	6	2	87	7.696	12	164	0.000
U16 analysis
1	ESHR	0.713	1	2	58	11.672	2	58	0.000
2	SAR	0.557	2	2	58	9.693	4	114	0.000