Table 3. Mean and 95% confidence interval estimates of different physical parameters from full-backs, wide midfielders and wing-backs analysed according to the tactical system used, and respective p-value and effect size of differences observed (n = 9; observations = 31).
Variables | FB/WM/WB | p-value | Effect Size (r) | |
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1-4-5-1 | 1-3-5-2 | |||
TotDist | 10842.6 (188.8) | 11143.0 (233.0) | 0.942 | 0.13 |
HIR counts | 45.9 (2.7) | 46.9 (3.2) | 1.000 | 0.03 |
HIR dist | 838.9 (62.5) | 977.2 (73.7) | 0.523 | 0.19 |
Sprint counts | 14.1 (1.4) | 14.0 (1.6) | 1.000 | 0.01 |
Sprint dist | 195.3 (22.7) | 236.9 (26.8) | 0.747 | 0.16 |
Acc dist | 462.2 (28.5) | 447.1 (33.2) | 1.000 | 0.05 |
Acc counts | 83.2 (4.7) | 76.8 (5.7) | 0.950 | 0.12 |
Dec dist | 501.2 (31.5) | 505.4 (36.9) | 1.000 | 0.01 |
Dec counts | 86.9 (5.3) | 86.1 (6.2) | 1.000 | 0.01 |
Turns | 42.1 (2.9) | 38.8 (3.7) | 0.993 | 0.11 |