TABLE 5.

Taper effect on subjective sleep quality of elite young rugby union players.

	Group	t0	t1	t2	t0/t1	t1/t2
					Changes ES (Hedges’g)	Changes ES (Hedges’g)
PSQI	Overall	4.4 ± 2.0	3.8 ± 1.6	3.1 ± 1.4	-13.9 ± 55.3% -0.32 Small	-17.6 ± 56.0 % -0.42 Small
	NT	3.7 ± 1.9	3.3 ± 1.5	3.0 ± 0.9	-9.1 ± 22.3% -0.15 Trivial	-10.0 ± 24.5 % -0.16 Trivial
	AF	3.7 ± 1.4	4.1 ± 2.3	2.7 ± 1.0	11.5 ± 80.6% 0.20 Small	-34.6 ± 62.1 % -0.73 Moderate
	F-OR	6.2 ± 2.2	3.8 ± 0.4	3.8 ± 2.2	-38.7 ± 35.3% -1.21 Large	0.0 ± 67.1% 0.00 Trivial
ESS	Overall	9.6 ± 4.2	9.9 ± 4.8	8.8 ± 4.3	2.9 ± 24.4% 0.06 Trivial	-11.2 ± 33.8 % -0.23 Small
	NT	8.8 ± 4.8	8.8 ± 5.5	8.7 ± 5.4	0.0 ± 10.1% 0.00 Trivial	-1.9 ± 23.1% -0.03 Trivial
	AF	9.0 ± 3.4	10.6 ± 5.4	7.9 ± 4.3	17.5 ± 30.0% 0.22 Small	-25.7 ± 28.2 -0.46 Small
	F-OR	11.4 ± 4.9	10.2 ± 3.9	10.2 ± 3.2	-10.5 ± 20.9% -0.20 Small	0.0 ± 45.5% 0.00 Trivial

Note: PSQI = Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index; ESS = Epworth Sleepiness Scale; 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.