Table 3.
Descriptive and comparative analysis of centripetal force and changes of direction related to the match location.
| Variables | Home (n = 77) M ± DE |
Away (n = 138) M ± DE |
Neutral (n = 90) M ± DE |
F | p | ωp 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + CentFMAX * | 902.71 ± 310.53 | 952.41 ± 269.57 a | 955.54 ± 358.17 a | 4.69 | 0.009 | 0.02 |
| −CentFMAX * | −893.29 ± 276.00 | −920.52 ± 257.57 | −934.13 ± 318.01 | 3.02 | 0.049 | 0.01 |
| + CentFAVG * | 205.07 ± 18.35 | 210.51 ± 17.92 a | 210.20 ± 18.20 a | 15.13 | <0.001 | 0.05 |
| −CentFAVG * | −206.20 ± 15.78 | −209.36 ± 17.05 a | −209.88 ± 24.30 | 5.25 | 0.005 | 0.02 |
| Difference (+% vs. −%) | 1.13 ± 10.90 | 1.25 ± 13.25 | 0.09 ± 16.33 | 1.81 | 0.164 | 0.00 |
| COD | 601.60 ± 148.26 | 644.40 ± 165.69 | 645.60 ± 163.79 | 0.79 | 0.453 | 0.00 |
| CODHIA (>16 km/h) * | 51.84 ± 14.68 | 62.80 ± 17.45 a | 61.32 ± 16.17 a | 4.32 | 0.013 | 0.02 |
| CODSPRINT (>21 km/h) * | 11.32 ± 3.69 | 17.44 ± 5.89 a | 17.24 ± 5.67 a | 13.12 | <0.001 | 0.04 |
| R20COD | 540.28 ± 134.50 | 579.60 ± 150.41 | 537.84 ± 135.86 | 1.35 | 0.260 | 0.00 |
| R60COD | 56.16 ± 14.54 | 58.56 ± 15.95 | 53.84 ± 14.46 | 1.24 | 0.290 | 0.00 |
| R20CODHIA * | 14.80 ± 5.10 | 19.72 ± 6.30 a | 18.08 ± 5.42 a | 6.78 | 0.001 | 0.02 |
| R60CODHIA * | 9.88 ± 3.64 | 11.76 ± 4.05 | 12.84 ± 4.01 a | 4.57 | 0.010 | 0.02 |
| R20CODSPRINT * | 1.60 ± 0.78 | 3.80 ± 1.77 a | 3.52 ± 1.61 a | 19.31 | <0.001 | 0.06 |
| R60CODSPRINT * | 0.64 ± 0.45 | 1.16 ± 0.71 a | 1.32 ± 0.82 a | 8.14 | <0.001 | 0.03 |
Note. M: Mean; SD: Standard deviation; CentF: Centripetal force (+: clockwise, −: counterclockwise); COD: Changes of direction; RCOD: Ability to repeat a change of direction; p: p value; F: ANOVA’s F value; ωp2: Partial omega squared; * Statistical differences (p < 0.05) with a Home, b Away, c Neutral; Bold numbers represent maximum values of each variable.