Table 2.
Distance covered by soccer players in individual zones, percentage (%) of their share in relations to total distance, average distance (m) and intensity (HR) of effort in four small-sided games (SSG).
| Variable | Pre-Training (n = 36) |
Post-Training (n = 36) |
Mean Change Score | p a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 (m) | 174 ± 35 | 156 ± 37 | −17 ± 35 | 0.005 |
| Zone 2 (m) | 563 ± 62 | 510 ± 82 | −53 ± 82 | 0.0004 |
| Zone 3 (m) | 730 ± 202 | 961 ± 203 | 231 ± 200 | <0.0001 |
| Zone 4 (m) | 531 ± 190 | 531 ± 214 | 0.7 ± 181.5 | 0.983 |
| Zone 5 (m) | 10.6 ± 17.0 | 23.5 ± 30.0 | 12.9 ± 21.8 | 0.001 |
| Zone 1 (%) | 9.2 ± 3.4 | 7.6 ± 3.0 | −1.6 ± 2.1 | 0.00006 |
| Zone 2 (%) | 28.5 ± 4.7 | 24.1 ± 5.7 | −4.4 ± 5.1 | <0.00001 |
| Zone 3 (%) | 35.7 ± 8.0 | 43.5 ± 6.0 | 7.8 ± 7.2 | −0.00001 |
| Zone 4 (%) | 25.9 ± 8.8 | 23.6 ± 8.0 | −2.3 ± 6.9 | 0.054 |
| Zone 5 (%) | 0.53 ± 0.91 | 1.06 ± 1.35 | 0.53 ± 0.94 | 0.002 |
| SSG (m) | 499 ± 47 | 551 ± 60 | 52 ± 44 | −0.00001 |
| HRSSG (beats/min) | 173 ± 6 | 170 ± 6 | −3 ± 6 | 0.006 |
a probabilities for the dependent t-test for paired samples.