TABLE 3.
Differences between Edwards’ ITLs of training sessions with reduced and high portion of specific type of workouts (i.e., warm-up, conditioning, technical, tactical, game).
| Training type (differences related to Edwards ITLs) | Portion of training session | Edwards (AU) |
RPE (AU) |
Session-RPE (AU) |
Edwards - session-RPE correlation indexes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC | r | 95% C.I. | R2 | P | |||||
| Warm-up (P>.05; ES=.2) |
10-20% (n=45) | 197±96 (66-402) |
6.6±1.2 (4-9) |
552±248 (231-1040) |
.79 | .87 | .77-.93 | .75 | <.001 |
| 20-30% (n=21) | 182±77 (39-355) |
6.9±1.4 (4-9) |
520±175 (90-832) |
.76 | .79 | .54-.91 | .62 | <.001 | |
| Conditioning ((P=.022; ES=.8) |
0-35% (n=54) | 204±91 (66-402) |
6.6±1.2 (4-9) |
564±236 (231-1040) |
.78 | .85 | .75-.91 | .72 | <.001 |
| 35-70% (n=12) | 139±61 (39-264) |
7.3±1.2 (4-9) |
441±147 (90-600) |
.72 | .79 | .39-.94 | .63 | .002 | |
| Technical (P=.032; ES=.5) |
0-21% (n=33) | 169±84 (39-372) |
6.8±1.4 (4-9) |
498±203 (90-950) |
.75 | .79 | .61-.89 | .62 | <.001 |
| 21-42% (n=33) | 216±90 (75-402) |
6.6±1.1 (4-8) |
586±243 (231-1040) |
.78 | .89 | .79-.94 | .79 | <.001 | |
| Tactical (P=.013; ES=.4) |
0-30% (n=27) | 173±66 (39-355) |
6.9±1.3 (4-9) |
505±159 (90-832) |
.64 | .78 | .57-.89 | .60 | <.001 |
| 30-60% (n=39) | 206±102 (66-402) |
6.6±1.2 (4-9) |
567±263 (231-1040) |
.79 | .87 | .76-.93 | .75 | <.001 | |
| Game (P=.004; ES=.5) |
0-13% (n=49) | 202±95 (66-402) |
6.6±1.2 (4-9) |
563±244 (231-1040) |
.79 | .86 | .76-.92 | .74 | <.001 |
| 13-26% (n=17) | 164±66 (39-264) |
7.0±1.4 (4-9) |
480±157 (90-780) |
.75 | .77 | .46-.91 | .59 | <.001 | |
Note: Data are means and standard deviations (and range) of Edwards’, RPE, and session-RPE parameters (arbitrary units, AU) in relation to each type and portion of training session, and corresponding correlations between session-RPE and Edwards’ values (ICC, r, 95% C.I., R2, and P values).