Table 3. Changes in performance in physical fitness tests after the period of match congestion.
| Fitness test | Pre testing (T1) | Post testing (T2) | p-value | Percentage change |
Effect size (ES) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYIR1 (m) | 2520±362.6 | 1640±326.6 | <0.001* | 34.9% | 5 |
| RSSA mean (s) | 8.07±0.3 | 8.28±0.3 | 0.01* | 2.6% | 0.6 |
| RSSA best (s) | 7.4±0.4 | 7.7±0.4 | 0.001* | 3.8% | 0.7 |
| RSSA decrement (%) | 7.8±4.7 | 6.6±3.1 | 0.3 | 0.06% | 0.2 |
| [Lac] RSSA (mM/L) | 18.2±3.2 | 20.3±2.3 | 0.04* | 11.5% | 0.5 |
| SJ (cm) | 36.5±3.8 | 35.5±3.9 | 0.01* | 2.5% | 0.5 |
| CMJ (cm) | 39.0±3.6 | 39.2±2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4% | 0.1 |
YYIR1: yoyo intermittent recovery test Level 1, Lac: Blood lactate concentrations; RSSA: repeated sprint shuttle ability, SJ: squat jump, CMJ: countermovement jump.
* = Significant difference between T1 (before the period of match congestion) and T2 (after the period of match congestion).