Table 3.

Correlations between physical fitness and heart rate recovery during match substitutions.

	HRmax					VO2max					30–15 IFT
	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
Match 1
Post-HR0 (bpm)	−0.87	−0.43	0.51	0.32	0.86	−0.27	−0.42	0.01	0.45	0.62	−0.31	−0.39	−0.10	0.10	0.59
Post-HR30 (bpm)	−0.20	−0.42	0.46	0.16	0.98	0.12	−0.50	0.06	0.27	0.33	0.11	−0.48	−0.05	−0.09	0.30
Post-HR60 (bpm)	−0.42	−0.58	0.46	0.40	0.75	−0.60	−0.14	−0.18	0.50	0.76	−0.60	−0.11	−0.28	0.17	0.73
Post-HR120 (bpm)	−0.65	−0.17	0.23	0.33	0.64	0.20	0.13	−0.08	0.45	0.85	0.16	0.17	−0.20	0.10	0.83
Post-HR180 (bpm)	−0.68	−0.11	0.44	0.37	0.44	0.16	−0.25	0.06	0.49	0.95	0.11	−0.20	−0.05	0.15	0.94
Match 2
Post-HR0 (bpm)	−0.97*	−0.51	0.31	0.25	0.57	−0.42	−0.78	0.08	0.33	−0.73	−0.46	−0.78	−0.02	0.00	−0.76
Post-HR30 (bpm)	−0.98*	−0.45	0.41	0.30	0.74	−0.44	−0.82	0.28	0.42	−0.56	−0.48	−0.83	0.17	0.07	−0.59
Post-HR60 (bpm)	−0.99*	−0.51	0.12	0.56	0.90	−0.58	−0.79	−0.13	0.67	−0.31	−0.62	−0.80	−0.25	0.36	−0.34
Post-HR120 (bpm)	−0.95*	−0.72	0.20	0.29	0.67	−0.41	−0.16	−0.47	0.41	0.83	−0.45	−0.14	−0.56	0.06	0.81
Post-HR180 (bpm)	−0.91	−0.42	0.10	0.35	0.73	−0.38	−0.33	−0.33	0.50	0.78	−0.42	−0.30	−0.43	0.15	0.76
Match 3
Post-HR0 (bpm)	−0.82	−0.19	0.18	0.87	−0.79	−0.08	−0.93	−0.19	0.95*	−0.71	−0.12	−0.94	−0.31	0.81	−0.69
Post-HR30 (bpm)	−0.81	−0.45	0.21	0.52	−0.71	−0.79	−0.83	−0.47	0.47	−0.79	−0.80	−0.84	−0.54	0.33	−0.77
Post-HR60 (bpm)	−0.56	−0.10	0.33	0.83	−0.97	−0.72	−0.95	−0.67	0.79	0.09	−0.72	−0.96*	−0.71	0.67	0.13
Post-HR120 (bpm)	−0.12	−0.83	0.30	0.89	−1.00*	−0.81	0.11	−0.60	0.95	−0.21	−0.78	0.07	−0.66	0.77	−0.18
Post-HR180 (bpm)	−0.32	−0.31	0.27	0.83	−0.92	−0.89	−0.25	−0.43	0.88	0.26	−0.87	−0.30	−0.50	0.67	0.29
Match 4
Post-HR0 (bpm)	−0.38	0.33	−0.35	0.48	0.96	0.45	−0.95	−0.23	0.55	−0.16	0.41	−0.95*	−0.23	0.63	−0.19
Post-HR30 (bpm)	−0.25	0.18	−0.37	0.25	0.96	0.56	−0.97*	−0.43	0.35	−0.16	0.52	−0.98*	−0.43	0.39	−0.19
Post-HR60 (bpm)	−0.21	−0.09	−0.23	0.17	0.96	0.56	−0.91	−0.69	0.29	−0.16	0.52	−0.93	−0.70	0.30	−0.19
Post-HR120 (bpm)	−0.56	0.79	−0.01	0.43	--	0.19	−0.31	−0.65	0.31	--	0.14	−0.28	−0.68	0.63	--
Post-HR180 (bpm)	−0.25	0.62	0.43	0.63	0.96	0.32	0.45	−0.39	0.68	−0.16	0.29	0.43	−0.48	0.76	−0.19
Match 5
Post-HR0 (bpm)	−0.42	0.89	−0.47	−0.06	−0.56	−0.07	0.14	−0.59	0.15	0.74	−0.08	0.14	−0.53	−0.15	0.76
Post-HR30 (bpm)	0.01	0.78	−0.46	0.09	−0.85	0.28	−0.26	−0.59	0.22	0.40	0.28	−0.27	−0.57	−0.14	0.43
Post-HR60 (bpm)	−0.18	0.77	−0.29	0.49	−0.92	−0.08	−0.70	−0.87	0.64	0.26	−0.08	−0.68	−0.89*	0.32	0.29
Post-HR120 (bpm)	−0.50	0.71	0.37	0.72	0.98	0.35	−0.37	−0.71	0.84	−0.07	0.31	−0.34	−0.72	0.61	−0.10
Post-HR180 (bpm)	0.46	0.76	−0.04	0.32	−0.84	0.44	−0.23	−0.67	0.49	−0.66	0.44	−0.19	−0.75	0.17	−0.63

Note: S: substitution; HR_max; maximum heart rate; VO_2max: maximal oxygen uptake; 30–15 IFT: 30–15 intermittent fitness test; Post-HR: post-exercise heat rate. * indicates a significant difference