Table 4. %Time of direction travelled within PM performed by players of different positions. Data are means (±SD).
| Variables |
Position |
|
|
|
Striker (n=19) |
Midfielder (n=18) |
Defender (n=18) |
All (n=55) |
H2 |
p |
| Directly forwards |
46.9 (10.1) |
54.1 (7.5) |
45.3 (7.7) |
48.7 (9.2) |
.4 |
.827 |
| Directly backwards |
5.6 (2.7) |
5.2 (2.8) |
10.1 (3.5) * |
7.0 (3.7) |
22.2 |
<.001 |
| Lateral left |
3.7 (1.6) |
3.4 (1.4) |
6.5 (2.9) * |
4.5 (2.5) |
16.0 |
<.001 |
| Lateral right |
3.5 (1.6) |
3.2 (1.7) † |
5.0 (3.0) † |
3.9 (2.3) |
6.3 |
.044 |
| Forward diagonal left |
4.5 (1.7) |
4.9 (2.0) |
4.5 (2.2) |
4.6 (1.9) |
1.1 |
.574 |
| Forward diagonal right |
5.4 (2.2) |
4.4 (2.7) |
5.1 (2.9) |
5.0 (2.6) |
4.5 |
.106 |
| None |
24.4 (6.6) * |
18.8 (5.1) |
18.3 (7.0) |
20.6 (6.8) |
8.3 |
.015 |
* significantly different to both other positions† pair of positions annotated is significantly different.Follow up Mann Whitney U tests:
