Table 4.
Descriptive and comparative analysis of centripetal force and changes of direction related to the match outcome.
| Variables | Drawing (n = 76) M ± DE |
Narrow Win (n = 104) M ± DE |
Large Win (n = 77) M ± DE |
Narrow Loss (n = 48) M ± DE |
F | p | ωp 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + CentFMAX * | 959.73 ± 306.04 c | 952.25 ± 349.73 | 912.77 ± 278.64 | 959.67 ± 290.31 | 2.95 | 0.032 | 0.01 |
| −CentFMAX * | −903.03 ± 250.49 | −950.78 ± 328.78 a,c | −883.64 ± 259.06 | −949.03 ± 257.87 c | 8.45 | <0.001 | 0.03 |
| + CentFAVG * | 211.71 ± 17.82 c | 209.84 ± 19.09 c | 206.07 ± 16.35 | 210.46 ± 19.20 c | 10.77 | <0.001 | 0.04 |
| −CentFAVG * | −209.44 ± 17.22 c | −211.18 ± 24.52 c | −205.37 ± 15.77 | −209.00 ± 17.41 c | 10.46 | <0.001 | 0.04 |
| Difference (+% vs. −%) * | 1.57 ± 12.29 b | −0.99 ± 15.67 | 2.53 ± 13.61 b | 0.76 ± 13.85 | 8.48 | <0.001 | 0.03 |
| COD | 627.96 ± 157.65 | 628.40 ± 159.10 | 654.80 ± 167.42 | 647.40 ± 168.64 | 0.27 | 0.847 | 0.00 |
| CODHIA (>16 km/h) | 63.16 ± 16.79 | 58.76 ± 16.29 | 56.00 ± 15.58 | 65.48 ± 18.31 | 1.69 | 0.167 | 0.00 |
| CODSPRINT (>21 km/h) | 17.76 ± 5.87 | 16.04 ± 5.44 | 14.40 ± 5.10 | 16.16 ± 5.32 | 2.03 | 0.108 | 0.00 |
| R20COD | 544.16 ± 137.29 | 561.04 ± 143.48 | 556.32 ± 142.00 | 580.72 ± 152.70 | 0.25 | 0.860 | 0.00 |
| R60COD | 58.64 ± 15.23 | 53.36 ± 14.37 | 57.88 ± 15.31 | 59.88 ± 17.37 | 1.32 | 0.267 | 0.00 |
| R20CODHIA | 18.84 ± 5.81 | 18.00 ± 5.76 | 16.32 ± 5.31 | 20.92 ± 6.77 | 2.42 | 0.064 | 0.00 |
| R60CODHIA * | 12.60 ± 4.06 | 11.12 ± 3.79 | 10.52 ± 3.69 | 14.00 ± 4.70 c | 3.70 | 0.011 | 0.01 |
| R20CODSPRINT | 3.44 ± 1.68 | 3.41 ± 1.63 | 2.92 ± 1.44 | 3.01 ± 1.40 | 1.01 | 0.386 | 0.00 |
| R60CODSPRINT * | 1.24 ± 0.80 c | 1.24 ± 0.73 c | 0.68 ± 0.49 | 1.16 ± 0.78 | 4.86 | 0.002 | 0.02 |
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 Drawing, b Narrow win, c Large win and d Narrow loss; Bold numbers represent maximum values of each variable.