Table 3. Component factor loadings, component statistics, Bartlett’s test of sphericity and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy of the factor analysis (principal component methods) for considered variables in the games against TOP opponents.
| Variables | Component factors (Team) | Component factors (TOP) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Ball possession (duration, s) | -.427 | .282 | .367 | .556 | -.373 | .315 | -.443 | .580 | .188 | -.429 |
| Ball (distance covered, m) | -.054 | .371 | .437 | .569 | -.366 | .359 | -.018 | .580 | .313 | -.453 |
| Ball (speed, km/h) | .900* | .148 | .071 | .005 | .146 | .087 | .904* | -.055 | .137 | .103 |
| Ball (speed, coefficient of variation %) | -.871* | -.170 | .021 | .078 | -.038 | -.043 | -.887* | .161 | -.098 | .046 |
| Ball (speed regularity, ApEn) | .783* | .021 | .056 | -.037 | -.204 | .049 | .807* | -.069 | .080 | -.108 |
| Ball (length/width ratio) | -.123 | .029 | -.186 | -.061 | .745* | -.008 | -.277 | -.026 | -.309 | .590 |
| EPS (m2) | .057 | .097 | .877* | -.052 | .323 | .177 | .118 | .002 | .896* | .192 |
| EPS (coefficient of variation %) | -.053 | -.221 | -.127 | .783* | .184 | -.063 | -.019 | .829* | -.118 | .061 |
| Game length (m) | .112 | -.028 | .191 | .005 | .826* | .138 | .129 | .085 | .317 | .785* |
| Game length (coefficient of variation %) | -.108 | .406 | .135 | .413 | .266 | .216 | -.113 | .626* | -.199 | .250 |
| Game width (m) | .053 | .016 | .880* | .031 | -.236 | -.047 | .147 | .002 | .861* | -.174 |
| Game width (coefficient of variation %) | .030 | .005 | -.019 | .771* | -.158 | -.023 | -.122 | .735* | .171 | -.093 |
| Deepest location (m) | .165 | .903* | .107 | .034 | -.042 | .938* | .049 | .090 | .020 | -.029 |
| Offensive available space (m2) | -.188 | -.904* | -.134 | -.022 | .045 | -.940* | -.047 | -.095 | -.040 | .016 |
| N.º of opponents in offensive available space | -.023 | -.559 | .057 | .059 | -.013 | -.723* | -.056 | .004 | -.055 | -.092 |
| Eigenvalues | ||||||||||
| Total | 3.290 | 2.854 | 1.721 | 1.520 | 1.447 | 3.386 | 3.178 | 1.873 | 1.361 | 1.326 |
| % of variance | 21.9 | 19.0 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| Cumulative % | 21.9 | 41.0 | 52.4 | 62.6 | 72.2 | 22.6 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 65.3 | 74.2 |
| Bartlett’s test of sphericity | ||||||||||
| χ2 | 3952.0 | 3797.0 | ||||||||
| p | < .001 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy | .57 | .63 | ||||||||
Note: (*) Bold represent loadings greater than ±.60.