Table 4.

Exposure time during training and matches and injury rates during the two pre-season periods 2014–2015 (n = 26 players) and 2015–2016 (n = 24 players) and during the first five matches of the season.

Pre-season periods	Number of injuries	Exposure time training(a)	Exposure time match(b)	Injury rate(c)
2014–2015	5	2664	165 165	1.76
2015–2016	3	2664		1.06

^(a)Exposure training time calculated using number of players per session (around 24 players). Number of training session (around ± 74 for the studied period. 12 weeks) duration of session per min (90 min). ^(b)Exposure match time was calculated using of number of played matches (10 matches for the examined period). Number of players during the game (11 players) and duration of match per min (90 min). ^(c)Injury rate was calculated as the number of injuries divided by hours of exposure and multiplied with 1000.