TABLE 4.

Taper effect on RHIE ability of elite young rugby union players.

	Group	t1	t2	t1/t2
				Changes	ES (Hedges’ g)
TST (s)	Overall	40.45 ± 2.14	40.40 ± 2.36	-0.11 ± 2.18%	-0.02 Trivial
	NT	40.05 ± 2.16	40.34 ± 3.36	0.74 ± 1.28%	0.11 Trivial
	AF	40.74 ± 2.49	40.10 ± 2.75	-1.58 ± 1.95%	-0.20 Small
	F-OR	40.51 ± 2.00	40.89 ± 2.41	0.92 ± 2.50%	0.13 Trivial
%D (%)	Overall	7.39 ± 2.47	6.78 ± 2.69	-0.61 ± 2.55%	-0.23 Small
	NT	6.25 ± 2.33	7.06 ± 3.03	0.81 ± 2.52%	0.25 Small
	AF	8.05 ± 2.65	6.50 ± 2.93	-1.55 ± 2.11%	-0.48 Small
	F-OR	7.82 ± 2.39	6.82 ± 2.47	-1.00 ± 2.87%	-0.33 Small
N90 (n)	Overall	9.9 ± 2.7	10.3 ± 2.8	8.53 ± 32.3%	0.13 Trivial
	NT	10.2 ± 2.6	10.2 ± 3.1	2.90 ± 37.5%	0.00 Trivial
	AF	9.7 ± 3.3	10.3 ± 3.2	10.87 ± 25.6%	0.15 Trivial
	F-OR	9.8 ± 2.5	10.4 ± 2.6	12.00 ± 40.1%	0.19 Trivial

Note: TST = Total sprint time; %D = Percentage decrement; N90 = Number of sprint equal or superior to 90% of best sprint; NT = Normal training; AF = Acute fatigue; F-OR = Functional Overreaching; t0 = Start of the training bloc; t1 = Start of the taper; t2 = End of the taper.