Table 1.

Variability of technical actions between sessions during the 3 vs. 3 format.

Set	Variable	M(SD) Session	M(SD) Session	Typical	error (CV)	typical	Standardized error	Magnitude
		1	2	Value	[90%CI]	Value	90%CI
	RB (n)	3.5(1.8)	4.0(1.8)	73.4	[49.4;147.4]	0.90	[0.66;1.48]	Moderate
	CB (n)	2.0(1.1)	2.0(0.9)	60.3	[41.1;117.4]	0.94	[0.68;1.54]	Moderate
1	LB (n)	2.0(0.8)	1.7(1.1)	56.6	[38.7;109.1]	0.90	[0.66;1.48]	Moderate
	AB (n)	1.3(0.7)	1.3(0.5)	20.7	[14.7;36.3]	0.52	[0.38;0.85]	Small
	S (n)	1.6(0.7)	2.3(1.3)	63.8	[43.3;125.1]	0.94	[0.68;1.54]	Moderate
	RB (n)	5.0(1.6)	5.0(2.3)	53.1	[36.5;101.6]	0.92	[0.67;1.52]	Moderate
	CB (n)	2.2(1.9)	1.9(1.2)	104.4	[68.4;224.1]	1.10	[0.80;1.81]	Moderate
2	LB (n)	1.7(0.9)	1.7(0.7)	71.1	[48.0;142.0]	1.13	[0.83;1.87]	Moderate
	AB (n)	2.0(1.5)	1.4(1.0)	44.6	[30.8;83.4]	0.65	[0.47;1.06]	Moderate
	S (n)	2.5(1.1)	2.4(1.3)	62.5	[42.5;122.3]	0.95	[0.70;1.57]	Moderate
	RB (n)	3.8(1.8)	4.6(2.5)	74.6	[50.2;150.2]	0.94	[0.68;1.54]	Moderate
	CB (n)	2.1(1.4)	2.1(0.9)	85.6	[57.0;176.5]	1.14	[0.83;1.88]	Moderate
3	LB (n)	1.8(1.3)	1.9(1.3)	76.4	[51.3;154.4]	0.98	[0.72;1.61]	Moderate
	AB (n)	1.3(0.5)	1.5(1.1)	65.4	[44.3;128.8]	1.14	[0.83;1.87]	Moderate
	S (n)	2.3(1.6)	2.4(1.6)	88.7	[58.9;184.1]	1.02	[0.74;1.67]	Moderate
	RB (n)	12.3(2.9)	13.6(3.3)	26.4	[18.6;47.1]	0.99	[0.72;1.62]	Moderate
	CB (n)	5.8(3.4)	5.6(2.1)	107.5	[70.3;232.4]	1.17	[0.85;1.92]	Moderate
Sum all sets of	LB (n)	4.9(2.2)	4.7(2.5)	50.6	[34.8;96.1]	0.87	[0.63;1.43]	Moderate
	AB (n)	3.6(2.5)	3.1(2.5)	79.6	[53.3;162.0]	0.79	[0.58;1.31]	Moderate
	S (n)	5.8(2.3)	6.6(3.3)	62.2	[42.3;121.6]	0.94	[0.68;1.54]	Moderate

RB: received balls; CB: conquered balls; LB: lost balls; AB: attacking balls; S: shots; n: number; CV: coefficient of variation (%); 90%CI: confidence interval of 90%; M: mean; SD: standard deviation