Table 5.
Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of acute load, training monotony, and training strain for the number of sprints between playing positions.
| Measure | ED (Mean ± SD) |
CD (Mean ± SD) |
MF (Mean ± SD) |
W (Mean ± SD) |
ST (Mean ± SD) |
p | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wNS (n) 1 | 37.7 ± 28.5 |
20.3 ± 19.8 |
16.5 ± 15.3 |
40.6 ± 27.9 |
28.7 ± 22.4 |
ED vs. CD: ≤ 0.001 * ED vs. MF: ≤ 0.001 * ED vs. W: 0.797 ED vs. ST: 0.039 * CD vs. MF: 0.528 CD vs. W: ≤ 0.001 * CD vs. ST: 0.076 MF vs. W: ≤ 0.001 * MF vs. ST: 0.001 * W vs. ST: 0.002 * |
ED vs. CD: 0.701 # ED vs. MF: 0.971 # ED vs. W: −0.103 ED vs. ST: 0.338 & CD vs. MF: 0.221 & CD vs. W: −0.831 # CD vs. ST: −0.405 & MF vs. W: −1.122 # MF vs. ST: −0.670 # W vs. ST: 0.454 & |
| mNS (A.U.) | 0.7 ± 0.3 |
0.6 ± 0.3 |
0.5 ± 0.2 |
0.7 ± 0.3 |
0.6 ± 0.2 |
ED vs. CD: 0.018 * ED vs. MF: ≤ 0.001 * ED vs. W: 0.990 ED vs. ST: 0.389 CD vs. MF: 0.123 CD vs. W: 0.004 * CD vs. ST: 0.929 MF vs. W: ≤ 0.001 * MF vs. ST: 0.039 * W vs. ST: 0.198 |
ED vs. CD: 0.333 & ED vs. MF: 0.811 # ED vs. W: ≤ 0.001 ED vs. ST: 0.369 & CD vs. MF: 0.411 & CD vs. W: −0.333 & CD vs. ST: ≤ 0.001 MF vs. W: −0.813 # MF vs. ST: −0.500 & W vs. ST: 0.370 & |
| sNS (A.U.) | 31.6 ± 25.8 |
13.8 ± 11.7 |
10.9 ± 10.9 |
31.1 ± 24.0 |
22.5 ± 17.7 |
ED vs. CD: ≤ 0.001 * ED vs. MF: ≤ 0.001 * ED vs. W: 0.999 ED vs. ST: 0.005 * CD vs. MF: 0.621 CD vs. W: ≤ 0.001 * CD vs. ST: 0.010 * MF vs. W: ≤ 0.001 * MF vs. ST: ≤ 0.001 * W vs. ST: 0.010 * |
ED vs. CD: 0.868 # ED vs. MF: 1.109 # ED vs. W: 0.020 ED vs. ST: 0.388 & CD vs. MF: 0.259 & CD vs. W: −0.901 # CD vs. ST: −0.615 # MF vs. W: −1.153 # MF vs. ST: −0.892 # W vs. ST: 0.389 & |
1 wNS: weekly number of sprints; mNS: monotony number of sprints; sNS: strain number of sprints; 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.