Table 4.

Differences between competitive levels in external workload according to the intensity of demands.

Variables	Intensities	First Division			Second Division			p	Z	d
		Mdn	Range		Mdn	Range
			Lower	Upper		Lower	Upper
Speed Zones (m/min)	Total	60.24	58.31	61.72	57.96	51.74	65.37	0.09	−1.72	0.17
	Standing	5.11	4.92	5.24	5.23	4.83	5.57	0.40	−0.84	0.08
	Walking	17.15	16.65	17.49	17.43	16.18	18.53	0.92	−0.97	0.10
	Jogging *	16.63	15.57	17.22	15.64	14.69	16.81	0.02	−2.19	0.22
	Running *	13.89	12.99	14.40	10.76	9.38	13.19	<0.01	−3.75	0.38
	Sprinting	7.28	6.49	7.95	6.98	6.00	10.18	0.89	−0.14	0.01
Accelerations (count/min)	Total *	27.44	26.84	28.10	25.56	24.78	26.67	0.01	−2.53	0.26
	Very low	8.55	8.36	8.85	8.89	8.50	9.33	0.12	−1.56	0.15
	Low *	12.24	11.88	12.62	11.05	10.05	11.66	<0.01	−3.31	0.34
	Moderate *	4.99	4.80	5.16	4.13	3.89	4.63	<0.01	−3.91	0.40
	High	1.16	1.08	1.22	1.09	1.00	1.25	0.92	−0.10	0.01
	Very high	0.11	0.09	0.15	0.15	0.00	0.18	0.51	−0.66	0.06
Decelerations (count/min)	Total *	17.90	17.23	18.48	15.58	14.43	16.64	<0.01	−5.49	0.57
	Very low	4.93	4.77	5.18	5.10	4.86	5.74	0.41	−0.82	0.08
	Low *	6.58	6.32	6.89	5.32	4.74	5.56	<0.01	−7.21	0.77
	Moderate *	3.62	3.43	3.75	2.55	2.33	2.77	<0.01	−7.73	0.84
	High *	1.75	1.68	1.88	1.30	1.19	1.48	<0.01	−4.03	0.42
	Very high	0.53	0.46	0.58	0.64	0.61	0.74	0.07	−1.82	0.18
Impacts (count/min)	Total *	134.47	129.89	138.58	120.89	113.62	138.81	<0.01	−2.84	0.30
	Very low *	55.17	53.14	56.89	50.00	45.19	56.30	0.01	−2.68	0.27
	Low *	60.74	58.49	64.63	57.45	51.06	63.24	0.01	−2.54	0.26
	Moderate *	12.28	11.92	12.76	10.08	8.94	11.30	<0.01	−4.50	0.46
	High *	3.40	3.08	3.60	2.67	2.04	3.08	<0.01	−4.01	0.42
	Very high *	0.76	0.68	0.88	0.47	0.37	0.63	<0.01	−4.18	0.43

Note. Mdn: median; p: p-value; Z: Mann–Whitney U value; d: Cohen’s d effect size; mag: interpretation of Cohen’s d effect size. * Statistical differences between teams. Bold values represent statistical differences between teams.