Table 5.
Descriptive and comparative analysis of centripetal force and changes of direction related to the type of competition.
| Variables | International (n = 77) M ± SD |
National (n = 138) M ± SD |
Friendly (n = 90) M ± SD |
F | p | ωp 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + CentFMAX | 935.96 ± 203.33 | 947.15 ± 285.86 | 943.61 ± 335.64 | 0.56 | 0.945 | 0.00 |
| - CentFMAX | −910.95 ± 239.23 | −924.37 ± 272.68 | −919.50 ± 296.62 | 0.12 | 0.892 | 0.00 |
| + CentFAVG | 212.48 ± 15.96 | 209.60 ± 18.83 | 209.17 ± 17.91 | 0.97 | 0.380 | 0.00 |
| - CentFAVG | −208.93 ± 14.48 | −209.28 ± 17.33 | −208.83 ± 21.82 | 0.14 | 0.872 | 0.00 |
| Difference (+% vs. −%) * | 4.88 ± 10.34 b,c | 0.27 ± 12.34 | 0.90 ± 15.33 | 2.95 | 0.050 | 0.01 |
| COD | 709.28 ± 186.17 | 633.08 ± 163.04 | 636.88 ± 160.31 | 0.37 | 0.695 | 0.00 |
| CODHIA (>16 km/h) | 75.00 ± 21.57 | 59.24 ± 16.75 | 60.06 ± 16.08 | 1.50 | 0.224 | 0.00 |
| CODSPRINT (>21 km/h) | 21.56 ± 7.54 | 15.96 ± 5.54 | 16.02 ± 16.08 | 1.78 | 0.168 | 0.00 |
| R20COD | 644.28 ± 170.51 | 567.80 ± 147.44 | 546.81 ± 5.30 | 1.00 | 0.370 | 0.00 |
| R60COD | 59.56 ± 15.73 | 59.04 ± 16.10 | 54.56 ± 137.60 | 1.44 | 0.238 | 0.00 |
| R20CODHIA | 24.16 ± 8.22 | 18.36 ± 6.04 | 17.76 ± 14.46 | 2.05 | 0.129 | 0.00 |
| R60CODHIA * | 16.16 ± 5.40 b,c | 10.72 ± 3.79 | 12.24 ± 5.49 | 4.56 | 0.011 | 0.02 |
| R20CODSPRINT * | 5.72 ± 2.67 b,c | 3.28 ± 1.61 | 3.12 ± 4.02 | 4.64 | 0.010 | 0.02 |
| R60CODSPRINT | 1.16 ± 0.78 | 1.08 ± 0.69 | 1.12 ± 0.72 | 0.83 | 0.920 | 0.00 |
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 International, b National, c Friendly; Bold numbers represent maximum values of each variable.