. 2021 Jun 1;39(2):397–406. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2022.106148

TABLE 3.

Intensity workload from training and match days and comparative analysis based on the length of the microcycle

		Short microcycles (M ± SD)	Regular microcycles (M ± SD)	Long microcycles (M ± SD)	F (p-value)	w_p² (magnitude)	Post-hoc
Distance (m/min)	MD+1	78.68 ± 14.84	71.54 ± 7.01	70.77 ± 9.16	12.53 (< 0.01)	0.08 (moderate)	^a ^b
	MD-4	65.38 ± 12.93	71.52 ± 7.69	72.01 ± 9.63	19.27 (< 0.01)	0.12 (moderate)	^a ^b
	MD-3	74.65 ± 10.32	78.10 ± 11.60	76.85 ± 13.24	4.96 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^a
	MD-2	67.21 ± 12.61	60.12 ± 9.17	62.16 ± 4.96	2.69 (0.07)
	MD-1	65.49 ± 8.50	66.20 ± 8.15	63.32 ± 7.56	4.75 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^c
	MD	94.04 ± 7.97	93.12 ± 7.48	95.22 ± 7.12	1.65 (0.19)

ACC_HIGH (count/min)	MD+1	0.53 ± 0.14	0.68 ± 0.23	0.68 ± 0.20	5.26 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^a ^b
	MD-4	0.62 ± 0.20	0.61 ± 0.18	0.60 ± 0.15	0.47 (0.62)
	MD-3	0.54 ± 0.17	0.48 ± 0.15	0.51 ± 0.16	5.38 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^a
	MD-2	0.41 ± 0.19	0.43 ± 0.17	0.44 ± 0.15	0.09 (0.76)
	MD-1	0.48 ± 0.18	0.46 ± 0.15	0.46 ± 0.12	1.03 (0.36)
	MD	0.47 ± 0.23	0.55 ± 0.11	0.56 ± 0.11	4.74 (0.01)	0.02 (low)	^a ^b

DEC_HIGH (count/min)	MD+1	0.61 ± 0.12	0.82 ± 0.27	0.79 ± 0.22	7.44 (< 0.01)	0.05 (low)	^a ^b
	MD-4	0.81 ± 0.28	0.73 ± 0.21	0.74 ± 0.19	3.59 (0.03)	0.02 (low)	^a
	MD-3	0.70 ± 0.25	0.62 ± 0.18	0.63 ± 0.18	5.36 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^a ^b
	MD-2	0.51 ± 0.23	0.53 ± 0.24	0.56 ± 0.27	0.10 (0.75)
	MD-1	0.56 ± 0.26	0.50 ± 0.16	0.53 ± 0.16	3.53 (0.03)	0.01 (low)	^a
	MD	0.67 ± 0.32	0.76 ± 0.14	0.81 ± 0.15	5.32 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^b

HSRA (count/min)	MD+1	0.19 ± 0.13	0.22 ± 0.13	0.19 ± 0.12	1.42 (0.24)
	MD-4	0.09 ± 0.07	0.25 ± 0.12	0.22 ± 0.11	69.81 (< 0.01)	0.35 (large)	^a ^b ^c
	MD-3	0.23 ± 0.11	0.29 ± 0.11	0.28 ± 0.11	23.26 (< 0.01)	0.15 (large)	^a ^b
	MD-2	0.18 ± 0.10	0.10 ± 0.06	0.14 ± 0.07	4.65 (0.01)	0.02 (low)	^a
	MD-1	0.20 ± 0.11	0.19 ± 0.10	0.21 ± 0.10	1.27 (0.28)
	MD	0.42 ± 0.13	0.41 ± 0.12	0.45 ± 0.12	2.55 (0.08)

HSRD (m/min)	MD+1	2.80 ± 2.42	3.09 ± 2.75	2.46 ± 1.99	1.28 (0.27)
	MD-4	0.84 ± 1.80	3.03 ± 1.93	2.75 ± 1.62	55.67 (< 0.01)	0.30 (large)	^a ^b ^c
	MD-3	2.81 ± 1.71	4.05 ± 1.95	3.91 ± 2.06	26.52 (< 0.01)	0.16 (high)	^a ^b
	MD-2	2.19 ± 1.40	0.97 ± 0.70	1.63 ± 0.85	5.43 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^a
	MD-1	2.05 ± 1.26	2.13 ± 1.56	2.35 ± 1.14	1.83 (0.16)
	MD	6.44 ± 2.38	6.26 ± 2.31	7.18 ± 2.14	3.59 (0.03)	0.02 (low)	^c

PL (a.u./min)	MD+1	1.13 ± 0.28	1.12 ± 0.14	1.13 ± 0.18	0.56 (0.95)
	MD-4	1.00 ± 0.22	1.07 ± 0.14	1.09 ± 0.17	2.51 (0.08)		^a ^b
	MD-3	1.09 ± 0.19	1.12 ± 0.20	1.08 ± 0.22	2.22 (0.10)
	MD-2	0.97 ± 0.21	0.85 ± 0.18	0.91 ± 0.11	2.40 (0.09)
	MD-1	0.93 ± 0.16	0.95 ± 0.15	0.90 ± 0.14	3.15 (0.04)	0.02 (moderate)	^c
	MD	1.30 ± 0.19	1.31 ± 0.17	1.37 ± 0.18	3.96 (0.02)	0.02 (low)	^b ^c

HMLD (m/min)	MD+1	13.25 ± 4.13	13.02 ± 3.05	12.10 ± 3.19	2.14 (0.12)
	MD-4	8.69 ± 4.33	13.06 ± 2.99	12.58 ± 3.25	59.36 (< 0.01)	0.31 (large)	^a ^b
	MD-3	12.91 ± 3.47	14.58 ± 3.50	14.01 ± 3.70	12.77 (< 0.01)	0.08 (moderate)	^a ^b
	MD-2	10.65 ± 3.75	7.61 ± 2.29	9.15 ± 1.80	4.86 (< 0.01)	0.03 (low)	^a
	MD-1	9.77 ± 2.52	9.80 ± 2.77	9.67 ± 2.39	0.11 (0.90)
	MD	19.39 ± 3.48	19.24 ± 3.45	20.40 ± 3.32	2.66 (0.07)

M: mean; SD: standard deviation; F: F-value of ANOVA; p: significance; w_p²: partial omega squared.

Differences between short microcycles and regular length microcycles (p < 0.05);

differences between short microcycles and long microcycles (p < 0.05);

differences between long microcycles and regular length microcycles (p < 0.05).