Table 2.
Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of acute load, training monotony, and training strain for the total distance between playing positions.
| Measure | ED (Mean ± SD) |
CD (Mean ± SD) |
MF (Mean ± SD) |
W (Mean ± SD) |
ST (Mean ± SD) |
p | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wTD (m) 1 | 37,175.2 ± 26,732.2 | 36,590.2 ± 25,433.9 | 37,358.2 ± 29,528.9 |
34,950.6 ± 25,391.1 |
37,141.5 ± 24,309.3 |
ED vs. CD: ≥ 0.999 ED vs. MF: ≥ 0.999 ED vs. W: 0.946 ED vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 CD vs. MF: 0.999 CD vs. W: 0.984 CD vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 MF vs. W: 0.907 MF vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 W vs. ST: 0.975 |
ED vs. CD: 0.023 ED vs. MF: −0.006 ED vs. W: 0.085 ED vs. ST: 0.001 CD vs. MF: −0.027 CD vs. W: 0.065 CD vs. ST: −0.022 MF vs. W: 0.086 MF vs. ST: 0.008 W vs. ST: −0.088 |
| mTD (A.U.) | 2.0 ± 1.1 |
2.0 ± 1.1 |
1.2 ± 1.1 |
2.0 ± 1.1 |
2.0 ± 1.0 |
ED vs. CD: ≥ 0.999 ED vs. MF: 0.998 ED vs. W: ≥ 0.999 ED vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 CD vs. MF: 0.997 CD vs. W: ≥ 0.999 CD vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 MF vs. W: 0.995 MF vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 W vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 |
ED vs. CD: 0.000 ED vs. MF: 0.727 # ED vs. W: 0.000 ED vs. ST: 0.000 CD vs. MF: 0.727 # CD vs. W: 0.000 CD vs. ST: 0.000 MF vs. W: −0.727 # MF vs. ST: −0.744 # W vs. ST: 0.000 |
| sTD (A.U.) | 74,088.1 ± 82,344.7 |
76,273.4 ± 71,020.7 |
60,962.8 ± 72,257.2 |
61,953.4 ± 62,714.6 |
62,876.5 ± 68,200.2 |
ED vs. CD: ≥ 0.999 ED vs. MF: 0.395 ED vs. W: 0.566 ED vs. ST: 0.790 CD vs. MF: 0.272 CD vs. W: 0.426 CD vs. ST: 0.676 MF vs. W: ≥ 0.999 MF vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 W vs. ST: ≥ 0.999 |
ED vs. CD: −0.028 ED vs. MF: 0.172 ED vs. W: 0.166 ED vs. ST: 0.144 CD vs. MF: 0.213 & CD vs. W: 0.214 & CD vs. ST: 0.191 MF vs. W: −0.014 MF vs. ST: −0.027 W vs. ST: −0.014 |
1 wTD: weekly total distance; mTD: monotony total distance; sTD: strain total distance; ED: external defender; CD: central defender; MF: midfielder; W: winger; ST: striker; A.U.: arbitrary units; ES: effect size; &: small ES; #: moderate ES.