Table 5.
Generic vs Individual demands of slow, moderate and fast players for distance covered per min of play (m·min-1). Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).
| Speed Group |
Variable | Generic | Individual | Mean difference | 95% CI of Mean Difference |
P value |
Effect size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Slower n=45 |
Distance at moderate speed running | 20.10±6.36 | 18.62±12.09 | 1.48±9.64 | -1.41-4.38 | .31 | ..12 |
| Distance at high-speed running | 7.12±2.42 | 6.99±4.51 | 0.14±3.83 | -1.01-1.29 | .81 | ..02 | |
| Distance at very high-speed running | 0.93±0.52 | 1.15±0.87 | -0.23±0.82 | -0.48-0.02 | .07 | ..25 | |
| Distance at sprint running | 0.00±0.00 | 0.01±0.05 | -0.01±0.04 | -0.03-0.00 | .09 | ..18 | |
|
Moderate n=64 |
Distance at moderate speed running | 18.36±6.05 | 18.56±5.45 | -0.20±1.44 | -0.56-0.16 | .27 | ..03 |
| Distance at high-speed running | 7.00±2.70 | 6.99±2.35 | 0.01±0.74 | -0.17-0.19 | .91 | ..04 | |
| Distance at very high-speed running | 1.39±0.92 | 1.47±0.87 | -0.08±0.25 | -0.14--0.02 | .01 | ..09 | |
| Distance at sprint running | 0.02±0.06 | 0.02±0.07 | 0.00±0.03 | -0.01-0.01 | .63 | ..01 | |
|
Faster n=34 |
Distance at moderate speed running | 29.11±5.57*(1,49)#(1.82) | 23.55±5.02*(0.49)#(0.88) | 5.56±2.20 | 4.79-6.32 | 0.001 | 1.1 |
| Distance at high-speed running | 12.64±2.81*(1,49)#(1.82) | 8.94±2.72*(0.5)#(0.78) | 3.70±1.45 | 3.19-4.21 | 0.001 | 1.36 | |
| Distance at very high-speed running | 3.00±1.58*(1.87)#(1.35) | 1.77±1.25*(0.28) | 1.23±0.56 | 1.03-1.42 | 0.001 | ..98 | |
| Distance at sprint running | 0.08±0.14*(0.86)#(0.62) | 0.03±0.09 | 0.05±0.12 | 0.01-0.09 | ..03 | ..55 |
Effect size: effect size between Generic and Individulal.
*indicates significant difference from Slower players,
# indicates significant differences from Moderate players during the match covered per minutes of play (m·min-1). Cohen’s d indicated in brackets between positions for generic and individual data.