Table 3. Generic vs individual demands of forwards, midfielders and backs for distance covered per min of play (m·min^-1). Date are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).

Position	Variable	Generic	Individual	Mean difference	95% CI of Mean Difference	P value	Effect size
Total n=155	Distance at moderate speed running	21.70±7.20	19.86±8.00	1.84±5.79	0.92-2.76	<.001	.23
	Distance at high-speed running	8.60±3.54	7.57±3.28	1.03±2.69	0.60-1.45	<.001	.31
	Distance at very high-speed running	1.74±1.33	1.49±0.99	0.24±0.81	0.12-0.37	<.001	.25
	Distance at sprint running	0.03±0.09	0.02±0.07	0.01±0.08	0.00-0.03	.02	.14
Backs n=55	Distance at moderate speed running	16.18±5.73	16.29±8.43	-0.11±6.91	-1.98-1.76	.91	.01
	Distance at high-speed running	5.58±2.01	5.92±3.01	-0.34±2.63	-1.05-0.37	.34	.11
	Distance at very high-speed running	0.75±0.55	1.00±0.73	-0.25±0.46	-0.38--0.13	<.001	.34
	Distance at sprint running	0.00±0.01	0.01±0.02	0.00±0.01	-0.01-0.00	.03	.23
Midfielders n=57	Distance at moderate speed running	24.15±4.57*(1.55)	21.19±8.24*(0.6)	2.96±5.54	1.49-4.43	<.001	.36
	Distance at high-speed running	9.90±2.75*(0.50)	8.36±3.59*(0.72)	1.54±2.45	0.90-2.19	<.001	.42
	Distance at very high-speed running	2.24±1.40*(1.38)	1.75±1.06*(0.83)	0.49±0.82	0.28-0.71	<.001	.46
	Distance at sprint running	0.07±0.13*(0.74)	0.04±0.10*(0.47)	0.03±0.11	0.00-0.06	.04	.30
Forwards n=43	Distance at moderate speed running	25.51±7.57*(1.43)	22.65±5.09*(0.9)	2.86±3.58	1.76-3.96	<.001	.56
	Distance at high-speed running	10.74±3.43*(0.55)	8.65±2.24*(0.98)	2.09±2.38	1.36-2.83	<.001	.93
	Distance at very high-speed running	2.33±1.22*(1.73)	1.78±0.96*(0.94)	0.55±0.87	0.28-0.82	<.001	.57
	Distance at sprint running	0.03±0.09	0.01±0.03	0.02±0.09	-0.01-0.05	.13	.66

Effect size: effect size between Generic and Individulal.*indicates significant difference from backs position group. Cohen’s d indicated in brackets between positions for generic and individual data.