. 2022 Oct 14;40(3):731–740. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2023.119988

TABLE 2.

Physical quality focus of the training sessions.

	MD+1	MD+2	MD-4	MD-3	MD-2	MD-1
Integrated exercise(s) $ (number of responses / total number of integrated session)
Small-sided games	2/4	14/34	20/29	12/31	4/23	12/13
Medium-sided games	2/4	16/34	9/29	13/31	9/23	2/13
Large-sided games^***	2/4^f	4/34^d	5/29^d	18/31^b,c,e,f	7/23^d,f	0/13^a,d,e
Rondo	0/4	6/34	4/29	8/31	5/23	4/13
Technical drills	2/4	11/34	8/29	9/31	6/23	5/13
Passing circuit^*	2/4	18/34^c,d	6/29^b,f	6/31^b,f	8/23	7/13^c,d
Football tennis	2/4	4/34	0/29	1/31	2/23	0/13
Aerobic technical drills^*	0/4	5/34^c	0/2^b	1/31	1/23	0/13

Dissociated exercise(s) $ (number of responses / total number of dissociated session)
Upper-body strength session^**	5/12^e,f	5/2^f	11/32^f	6/25^e,f	1/14^a,d	0/27^a,b,c,d
Lower-body strength session^***	0/12^b,c,d	6/21^a,f	15/32^a,e,f	10/25^a,e,f	1/14^c,d	0/27^b,c,d
Speed^*	0/12^d,e,f	3/21^e	4/32^e	7/25^a,e	10/14^a,b,c,d,f	5/27^a,e
Reactivity^***	0/12^e,f	0/21^e,f	0/32^e,f	0/25^e,f	4/14^a,b,c,d,f	27/27^a,b,c,d,e
Continuous aerobic exercises^***	8/12^b,c,d,e,f	6/21^a,c,d,e,f	0/32^a,b	0/25^a,b	0/14^a,b	0/27^a,b
Intermittent aerobic exercises^*	3/12^e,f	6/21^e,f	10/32^e,f	10/25^e,f	0/14^a,b,c,d	0/27^a,b,c,d
Repeated-sprint aerobic exercises^***	1/12^d	2/21^d	8/32^e,f	12/25^a,b,e,f	0/14^c,d	0/27^c,d
Plyometric^*	0/12^c,e	3/21^c	14/32^a,b,f	5/25	4/14^a	2/27^c
Coordination	5/12	7/21	7/32	3/25	5/14	7/27

Duration of the dissociated contents (number of responses / total number of dissociated session)
Up to 20 min^***	4/12^e,f	8/21^e,f	17/32^e,f	12/25^e,f	12/14^a,b,c,d,f	27/27^a,b,c,d,e
More than 20 and up to 40 min^***	7/12^c,e,f	7/21^e,f	8/32^a,e,f	10/25^e,f	0/14^a,b,c,d	0/27^a,b,c,d
More than 40 and up to 60 min	1/12	5/21	6/32	3/25	2/14	0/27
More than 60 min	0/12	1/21	1/32	0/25	0/14	0/27

Dissociated exercises (number of responses / total number of dissociated session)
Field-based session^***	9/12^f	12/21^f	21/32^f	17/25^f	12/14^f	27/27^a,b,c,d,e
Gym-based session^***	3/12^f	9/21^f	11/32^f	8/25^f	2/14^f	0/27^a,b,c,d,e

Values are presented as the number of responses and as the percentage of the total number of answers (n) for the question for each day as reported below the question. $ Questions with the possibility to give multiple responses. Significant frequency distribution between days with respect to Chi-square for

= p < 0.05;

^**

= p < 0.01;

^***

= p < 0.001. Significant differences between days according to Z-score for p < 0.05 are shown from

: MD+1;

: MD+2;

: MD-4;

: MD-3;

: MD-2;

: MD-1. MD: Match day.