Table 1.
Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of acute load, training monotony, and training strain for the external load measures in the pre-season, 1st half of the season, and 2nd half of the season.
| Measure | PS (Mean ± SD) |
1st HS (Mean ± SD) |
2nd HS (Mean ± SD) |
p | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wTD (m) 1 | 42,873.3 ± 35,145.6 | 37,869.1 ± 25,752.2 | 31,877.4 ± 25,068.4 | PS vs. 1st HS: 0.273 PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.005 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.015 * |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.184 PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.393 & 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.235 & |
| mTD (A.U.) | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 2.0 ± 1.1 | 2.0 ± 1.1 | PS vs. 1st HS: 0.045 * PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.136 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.871 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.276 & PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.279 & 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 |
| sTD (A.U.) | 97,781.2 ± 92,816 | 64,907.0 ± 68,971.2 | 61,041.4 ± 68,891.0 | PS vs. 1st HS: 0.001 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.786 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.453 & PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.487 & 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.056 |
| wHSR (m) | 2563.5 ± 1736.1 | 2050.5 ± 2153.5 | 1791.2 ± 1556.7 | PS vs. 1st HS: 0.084 PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.008 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.233 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.244 & PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.481 & 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.131 |
| mHSR (A.U.) | 1.3 ± 0.7 | 0. ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | PS vs. 1st HS: ≤ 0.001 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.871 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.883 # PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.718 # 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 |
| sHSR (A.U.) | 3012.0 ± 2625.0 | 1701.8 ± 1686.1 | 1634.8 ± 1617.4 | PS vs. 1st HS: ≤ 0.001 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.890 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.712 # PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.717 # 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.040 |
| wDC > 14 km/h (m) | 8380.2 ± 6754.2 | 6413.7 ± 5080.9 | 5740.4 ± 4780.8 | PS vs. 1st HS: 0.006 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.245 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.368 & PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.493 & 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.135 |
| mDC > 14 km/h (A.U.) | 1.9 ± 1.6 |
1.2 ± 1.2 |
1.2 ± 0.8 |
PS vs. 1st HS: ≤ 0.001 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.996 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.554 & PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.657 # 1stHF vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 |
| sDC > 14 km/h (A.U.) | 14,464.9 ± 13,203.5 |
7160.7 ± 6958.5 |
7358.3 ± 7657.2 |
PS vs. 1st HS: ≤ 0.001 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.950 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.910 # PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.765 # 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: −0.028 |
| wNS (n) | 28.9 ± 25.1 |
28.6 ± 25.0 |
26.3 ± 25.2 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.995 PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.709 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.492 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.012 PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.103 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.091 |
| mNS (A.U.) | 0.9 ± 0.4 |
0.6 ± 0.3 |
0.6 ± 0.3 |
PS vs. 1st HS: ≤ 0.001 * PS vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.987 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.953 # PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.916 # 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: ≤ 0.001 |
| sNS (A.U.) | 29.2 ± 25.2 |
20.7 ± 19.5 |
19.5 ± 21.6 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.002 * PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.003 * 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.779 |
PS vs. 1st HS: 0.417 & PS vs. 2nd HS: 0.430 & 1st HF vs. 2nd HS: 0.059 |
1 wTD: weekly total distance; mTD: monotony total distance; sTD: strain total distance; wHSR: weekly high-speed running; mHSR: monotony high-speed running; sHSR: strain high-speed running; wDC >14 km/h: weekly distance covered at 14 km/h−1 or above; mDC >14 km/h monotony distance covered at 14 km/h−1 or above; sDC >14km/h: strain distance covered at 14 km/h−1 or above; wNS: weekly number of sprints; mNS: monotony number of sprints; sNS: strain number of sprints; PS: pre-season period; 1st HS: first half of the season; 2nd HS: second half of the season; A.U.: arbitrary units; * significant at p ≤ 0.05; ES: effect size; &: small ES; #: moderate ES.