TABLE 2.

Comparisons over competition season meso-cycles in terms of training workload variables. Mean ± standard deviation.

Variables	Season period		Comparison	Mean difference (95% CI)	p	Hedge’s g (95% CI)
Wawl (AU)	Ear-S	1469.3 ± 79.9	Ear-S vs Mid-S	210.8 [159.4 to 262.3]	< 0.001	−0.3 [−0.8 to 0.3]
	Mid-S	1680.2 ± 103.3	Ear-S vs End-S	181.8 [134.7 to 228.8]	< 0.001	2.0[1.3 to 2.6]
	End-S	1651.1 ± 88.9	Mid-S vs End-S	−29.1 [−82.8 to 24.6]	0.436	−0.3 [−0.8 to 0.3]
wCWL (AU)	Ear-S	1467.5 ± 83.4	Ear-S vs Mid-S	208.6 [156.5 to 260.8]	< 0.001	2.1[1.4 to 2.7]
	Mid-S	1676.2 ± 102.8	Ear-S vs End-S	172.0 [126.3 to 217.7]	< 0.001	1.9[1.3 to 2.6]
	End-S	1639.6 ± 80.6	Mid-S vs End-S	−36.6 [−88.1 to 14.8]	< 0.001	−0.4 [−0.9 to 0.2]
wACWLR (AU)	Ear-S	1.07 ± 0.07	Ear-S vs Mid-S	−0.05 [−0.08 to −0.02]	< 0.001	−0.9 [−1.5 to −0.3]
	Mid-S	1.02 ± 0.04	Ear-S vs End-S	−0.06 [−0.09 to −0.03]	< 0.001	−1.1 [−1.7 to −0.6]
	End-S	1.01 ± 0.02	Mid-S vs End-S	−0.01 [−0.03 to 0.01]	0.433	−0.2 [−0.8 to 0.3]
wTM (AU)	Ear-S	1.13 ± 0.03	Ear-S vs Mid-S	−0.004 [−0.02 to 0.02]	< 0.999	−0.1 [−0.6 to 0.4]
	Mid-S	1.12 ± 0.04	Ear-S vs End-S	0.07 [0.05 to 0.09]	< 0.001	1.8[1.2 to 2.5]
	End-S	1.20 ± 0.03	Mid-S vs End-S	0.07 [0.05 to 0.09]	< 0.001	1.8[1.1 to 2.4]
wTS (AU)	Ear-S	1309.4 ± 83.6	Ear-S vs Mid-S	195.8 [146.5 to 245.2]	< 0.001	2.0[1.4 to 2.7]
	Mid-S	1505.2 ± 93.3	Ear-S vs End-S	74.5 [33.0 to 115.9]	< 0.001	0.9[0.4 to 1.5]
	End-S	1383.8 ± 64.1	Mid-S vs End-S	−121.4 [−166.0 to 076.8]	< 0.001	−1.4 [−2.0 to −0.8]

AU, arbitrary units; CI, confidence interval; wAWL, weekly average acute workload in AU; wCWL, weekly average chronic workload in AU; wACWLR, weekly average acute:chronic workload ratio; wTM, weekly average training monotony in AU; wTS, weekly average training strain in AU; Ear-S, early-season period; Mid-S, mid-season period; End-S, end-season period; P, p-value at alpha level 0.05; Hedges’s g (95% CI), Hedges’s g effect size magnitude with 95% confidence interval. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) are highlighted in bold.