Table 4.
Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of acute load, training monotony, and training strain for the DC >14km/h between playing positions.
| Measure | ED (Mean ± SD) |
CD (Mean ± SD) |
MF (Mean ± SD) |
W (Mean ± SD) |
ST (Mean ± SD) |
p | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wDC 1 >14 km/h (m) | 7471.4 ± 5418.4 |
4517.0 ± 3442.5 |
6805.7 ± 5863.2 |
6881.7 ± 5221.2 |
5710.5 ± 4750.4 |
ED vs. CD: ≤ 0.001 * ED vs. MF: 0.711 ED vs. W: 0.841 ED vs. ST: 0.088 CD vs. MF: ≤ 0.001 * CD vs. W: 0.001 * CD vs. ST: 0.449 MF vs. W: 1.000 MF vs. ST: 0.465 W vs. ST: 0.453 |
ED vs. CD: 0.644 # ED vs. MF: 0.117 ED vs. W: 0.111 ED vs. ST: 0.338 & CD vs. MF: −0.452 & CD vs. W: −0.530 & CD vs. ST: −0.302 & MF vs. W: −0.014 MF vs. ST: 0.196 W vs. ST: 0.231 & |
| mDC > 14 km/h (A.U.) | 1.5 ± 1.9 |
1.2 ± 0.6 |
1.2 ± 0.7 |
1.2 ± 0.7 |
1.3 ± 1.5 |
ED vs. CD: 0.350 ED vs. MF: 0.127 ED vs. W: 0.375 ED vs. ST: 0.937 CD vs. MF: 0.999 CD vs. W: ≥ 0.999 CD vs. ST: 0.941 MF vs. W: 0.995 MF vs. ST: 0.829 W vs. ST: 0.956 |
ED vs. CD: 0.208 ED vs. MF: 0.226 & ED vs. W: 0.209 & ED vs. ST: 0.113 CD vs. MF: ≤ 0.001 CD vs. W: ≤ 0.001 CD vs. ST: −0.098 MF vs. W: ≤ 0.001 MF vs. ST: −0.103 W vs. ST: −0.096 |
| sDC > 14 km/h (A.U.) | 9012.1 ± 9581.2 |
6297.5 ± 5581.1 |
8019.8 ± 8632.5 |
8365.9 ± 8370.7 |
7133.3 ± 6937.3 |
ED vs. CD: 0.035 * ED vs. MF: 0.767 ED vs. W: 0.957 ED vs. ST: 0.453 CD vs. MF: 0.284 CD vs. W: 0.192 CD vs. ST: 0.950 MF vs. W: 0.994 MF vs. ST: 0.920 W vs. ST: 0.811 |
ED vs. CD: 0.341 & ED vs. MF: 0.110 ED vs. W: 0.072 ED vs. ST: 0.214 & CD vs. MF: −0.226 & CD vs. W: −0.288 & CD vs. ST: −0.137 & MF vs. W: −0.041 MF vs. ST: 0.108 W vs. ST: 0.156 |
1 wDC >14 km/h: weekly distance covered at 14 km/h−1 or above; mDC >14 km/h monotony distance covered at at 14 km/h−1 or above; sDC >14 km/h: strain distance covered at 14 km/h−1 or above; ED: external defender; CD: central defender; MF: midfielder; W: winger; ST: striker; A.U.: arbitrary units; * significant at p ≤ 0.05; ES: effect size; &: small ES; #: moderate ES.