Table 5. Generic vs Individual demands of slow, moderate and fast players for distance covered per min of play (m·min-1). Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).
Speed
Group
Variable Generic Individual Mean difference 95% CI of
Mean Difference
P
value
Effect size
Slower
n=45
Distance at moderate speed running 20.10±6.36 18.62±12.09 1.48±9.64 -1.41-4.38 .31 ..12
Distance at high-speed running 7.12±2.42 6.99±4.51 0.14±3.83 -1.01-1.29 .81 ..02
Distance at very high-speed running 0.93±0.52 1.15±0.87 -0.23±0.82 -0.48-0.02 .07 ..25
Distance at sprint running 0.00±0.00 0.01±0.05 -0.01±0.04 -0.03-0.00 .09 ..18
Moderate
n=64
Distance at moderate speed running 18.36±6.05 18.56±5.45 -0.20±1.44 -0.56-0.16 .27 ..03
Distance at high-speed running 7.00±2.70 6.99±2.35 0.01±0.74 -0.17-0.19 .91 ..04
Distance at very high-speed running 1.39±0.92 1.47±0.87 -0.08±0.25 -0.14--0.02 .01 ..09
Distance at sprint running 0.02±0.06 0.02±0.07 0.00±0.03 -0.01-0.01 .63 ..01
Faster
n=34
Distance at moderate speed running 29.11±5.57*(1,49)#(1.82) 23.55±5.02*(0.49)#(0.88) 5.56±2.20 4.79-6.32 0.001 1.1
Distance at high-speed running 12.64±2.81*(1,49)#(1.82) 8.94±2.72*(0.5)#(0.78) 3.70±1.45 3.19-4.21 0.001 1.36
Distance at very high-speed running 3.00±1.58*(1.87)#(1.35) 1.77±1.25*(0.28) 1.23±0.56 1.03-1.42 0.001 ..98
Distance at sprint running 0.08±0.14*(0.86)#(0.62) 0.03±0.09 0.05±0.12 0.01-0.09 ..03 ..55
*indicates significant difference from Slower players,
# indicates significant differences from Moderate players during the match covered per minutes of play (m·min-1). Cohen’s d indicated in brackets between positions for generic and individual data.
Effect size: effect size between Generic and Individulal.