TABLE 2.
Description of external load variables.
| Variable | Unit | Description |
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| Effective playing time | h:mm:ss | Time player spent on the court (within court limits) |
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| Total distance covered (TDC) | m | Total distance covered by the player |
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| Total distance covered/min (TDC/min) | m · min−1 | Total distance covered per minute by the player |
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| High speed running (HSR) | m | Total distance covered above 18.1 km/h |
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| High speed running/min (HSR/min) | m · min−1 | Total distance covered per minute above 18.1 km/h |
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| High intensity break distance (HIBD) | m | Total distance covered with deceleration above 2 m · s−2 |
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| High intensity break distance/min (HIBD/min) | m · min−1 | Total distance covered per minute with deceleration above 2 m · s−2 |
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| Accelerations (ACC) | count | Total number of accelerations performed by the player |
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| Accelerations/min | count · min−1 | Total number of accelerations per minute performed by the player |
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| Decelerations (DEC) | count | Total number of decelerations performed by player |
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| Decelerations/min | count · min−1 | Total number of decelerations per minute performed by player |
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| PlayerLoad (PL) | a.u. | Is a vector magnitude expressed as the square root of the sum of the squared instantaneous rates of change in acceleration in each one of the three planes divided by 100 |
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| PlayerLoad/min (PL/min) | a.u. · min−1 | Is a vector magnitude expressed as the square root of the sum of the squared instantaneous rates of change in acceleration in each one of the three planes divided by 100 per minute |