FIGURE 1.

Standardised effects of playing positions and competing situations on the technical variation (CV) of players. Part labels (A–C) displayed the differences in technical variation of 5 playing positions under the competing situations of competition stage and match location, quality of team and opponent, match outcome, respectively. Bars are 90% confidence intervals. Asterisks indicate the likelihood for the magnitude of the true differences in mean as follows: *possible; **likely; ***very likely; ****most likely. Asterisks located in the trivial area denote for trivial differences. ShotOT, shot on target; Disp, player is dispossessed on the ball by an opponent-no dribble involved; UnsTouch, bad control; AW, aerial won; YC, yellow card; TT, total tackle; BS, blocked shot; KP, key pass; PA, pass accuracy in %; AccCross, accurate cross pass; LB, long ball; AccLB, accurate long ball; ThB, through ball; AccThB, accurate through ball.