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Methods: The standing broad jump (SBJ), medicine ball chest throw (MBCT), thirty-meter running sprint (RS-30), Agility-T (T-test), and height were analyzed in 3060 schoolchildren from Chile, grouped by sex, age, geographical area (north, central and south) and maturity status at peak height velocity (PHV) in pre-, circa- and post-PHV. Results: Superior differences were found in boys for all age ranges in SBJ, RS-30, T-test, and MBCT (p &lt; 0.05). Girls were taller than boys until the age of 12 years (p &lt; 0.01) with a reversal of this trend after 13 years old (p &lt; 0.001). In geographical grouping, higher scores in SBJ, RS-30, and T-test were found in the central zone for boys and girls (p &lt; 0.05). In both sexes, higher scores for the northern zone in MBCT (p &lt; 0.01) and height (p &lt; 0.05) are observed. Among selected talents, when comparing post-PHV vs. pre-PHV the differences are superior in all tests for post-PHV in girls and for MBCT and height (p &lt; 0.05) in boys. In circa-PHV vs. post-PHV in MBCT, T-test, and RS-30 only girls (p &lt; 0.05) were superior in post-PHV. For pre-PHV vs. circa-PHV, RS-30, and height (p &lt; 0.05), both sexes were superior in circa-PHV. There are differences between talents selected by physical tests and technical aspects (p &lt; 0.05). 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