Table 2.
Mean proportion of time spent (%) in respective heart rate zones during small sided games and official match (± SD).
| Zones | Games | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-a-Side | 4-a-Side | 5-a-Side | 7-a-Side | 9-a-Side | OM | |
| 95%–100% | 14.2 ± 18.2 § | 13.6 ± 16.1 § | 16.0 ± 17.9 § | 4.9 ± 10.6 | 1.2 ± 3.0 | 12.9 ± 11.5 § |
| 90%–94% | 48.1 ± 20.8 § | 37.3 ± 17.9 § | 35.9 ± 17.7 § | 35.3 ± 17.3 § | 7.9 ± 10.0 | 24.9 ± 10.0 *,§ |
| 85%–89% | 21.3 ± 14.7 | 22.8 ± 14.2 | 25.2 ± 15.3 | 32.9 ± 15.3 ¥ | 20.8 ± 15.7 | 22.1 ± 5.7 |
| 70%–84% | 14.6 ± 7.8 §,¥ | 18.7 ± 11.7 §,¥ | 17.8 ± 10.5 §,¥ | 17.8 ± 16.2 §,¥ | 54.5 ± 18.3 ¥ | 31.9 ± 12.2 § |
| ≤69% | 1.7 ± 2.5 | 7.6 ± 6.1 * | 5.0 ± 2.9 * | 7.3 ± 6.8 * | 15.0 ± 17.1 * | 8.2 ± 12.2 |
OM: Official match; * significantly different from 3-a-side game, p < 0.05; § significantly different from 9-a-side game, p < 0.05; ¥ significantly different from OM, p < 0.05.