Table 2. Estimated marginal means (±SE) and 95% confidence interval values representative of the relative frequency of ball releases, dominant ball releases, non-dominate ball releases, high-speed ball releases, ball release index, ball release index dominant and ball release index non-dominant for professional soccer players according to match proximity (match day [MD]).

	MD-4	MD-3	MD-2	MD-1	MD+1
Releases (f)	1.2 ± 0.27	1.32 ± 0.42	1.9 ± 0.52	1.46 ± 0.57	2.01 ± 0.61
	(1.16 to 1.24)	(1.26 to 1.38)	(1.83 to 1.97)	(1.42 to 1.51)	(1.94 to 2.09)
Dominant releases (f)	0.93 ± 0.25	1.03 ± 0.3	1.55 ± 0.46	1.18 ± 0.45	1.56 ± 0.48
	(0.89 to 0.97)	(0.99 to 1.07)	(1.49 to 1.61)	(1.15 to 1.21)	(1.51 to 1.62)
Non-dominant releases (f)	0.27 ± 0.15	0.3 ± 0.23	0.36 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.21	0.47 ± 0.23
	(0.25 to 0.3)	(0.26 to 0.33)	(0.34 to 0.39)	(0.28 to 0.31)	(0.44 to 0.49)
High-speed releases (>15m/s) (f)	0.12 ± 0.07	0.11 ± 0.07	0.26 ± 0.2	0.14 ± 0.15	0.22 ± 0.15
	(0.11 to 0.13)	(0.1 to 0.12)	(0.23 to 0.28)	(0.13 to 0.15)	(0.2 to 0.24)
Release index	1.17 ± 0.23	1.18 ± 0.34	1.71 ± 0.52	1.3 ± 0.55	1.84 ± 0.56
	(1.13 to 1.2)	(1.13 to 1.22)	(1.65 to 1.78)	(1.26 to 1.34)	(1.77 to 1.9)
Release index dominant	0.92 ± 0.24	0.93 ± 0.28	1.4 ± 0.47	1.04 ± 0.44	1.44 ± 0.45
	(0.88 to 0.95)	(0.89 to 0.97)	(1.34 to 1.46)	(1.01 to 1.08)	(1.39 to 1.5)
Release index non-dominant	0.25 ± 0.14	0.25 ± 0.17	0.31 ± 0.19	0.26 ± 0.21	0.39 ± 0.21
	(0.23 to 0.27)	(0.23 to 0.27)	(0.29 to 0.33)	(0.24 to 0.27)	(0.37 to 0.42)

MD-4- Match Day minus 4; MD-3 Match Day minus 3; MD-2- Match Day minus 2; MD-1- Match Day -1; MD+1- Match Day +1.