Table 2. Distances covered during match-play by position (mean ± 90% CI) relative to playing time.
Middle
LinkM
LinkF
Wing
Absolute total distance (m)
1395 (1340-1451)
1328 (1241-1416)*
1203 (1145-1262)a†
1185 (1059-1311)a† ‡
Distance during playing time (m)
739 (711-767)
548 (485-611)*
595 (566-625)*†
884 (753-1015)abc
<3.33 m·s-1 (m)
460 (441-479)
378 (329-426)*
487 (459-514)*†
758 (641-875)*† ‡
3.33-3.89 m·s-1 (m)
107 (101-113)
63 (53-72)*
56 (49-64)*†
60 (48-72)*† ‡
3.89-5.00 m·s-1 (m)
118 (110-126)
78 (66-89)a
43 (36-49)*†
47 (38-57)*† ‡
5.00-5.56 m·s-1 (m)
24 (21-27)
17 (13-22)a
5 (2-8)b*
9 (5-12)c*‡
5.56-6.67 m·s-1 (m)
19 (17-22)
10 (6-14)a
3 (0-7)b*
5 (2-8)c*‡
>6.67 m·s-1 (m)
6 (4-8)
0 (0-0)a
0 (0-0)*†
2 (0-4)abc
Relative playing time based on playing time in Table 1. Absolute total distance not expressed relative to playing time. Kruskal-Wallis test was used 5.00-5.56 m·s-1, 5.56-6.67 m·s-1 and >6.67 m·s-1.