Table 4 Means (M), standard deviations (SD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for indicators of volume and intensity (per unit playing time) of effort by period of play during U16 Hockey5s matches, and results of the linear mixed model analysis, post-hoc comparisons and estimated effect sizes (ηp2).
Period of play | F (sig.) | Post hoc | ηp2 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | Second | Third | |||||||||||||
M | SD | 95%CI | M | SD | 95%CI | M | SD | 95%CI | |||||||
Volume | |||||||||||||||
Total time, min | 5.3 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 4.99 | 5.60 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 0.83 (0.44) | – | 0.017 |
Distance total, m | 736 | 137.4 | 704 | 767 | 724 | 184.8 | 682 | 766 | 680 | 192.0 | 636 | 724 | 1.60 (0.21) | – | 0.034 |
Sprint distance, m | 7.1 | 7.9 | 5.31 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 0.48 (0.62) | – | 0.010 |
HMLD, m | 253 | 58.5 | 240 | 267 | 246 | 66.9 | 231 | 262 | 230 | 76.9 | 212 | 247 | 2.40 (0.10) | – | 0.052 |
Intensity | |||||||||||||||
RTS, m min−1 | 138.6 | 14.2 | 135.3 | 141.8 | 137.2 | 14.3 | 133.9 | 140.5 | 139.0 | 40.1 | 129.9 | 148.2 | 0.55 (0.58) | – | 0.016 |
RSD, m min−1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.09 (0.91) | – | 0.001 |
RHMLD, m min−1 | 48.2 | 10.9 | 45.8 | 50.8 | 47.3 | 10.9 | 44.9 | 49.8 | 46.5 | 13.9 | 43.3 | 49.7 | 0.38 (0.69) | – | 0.009 |
Speedmax, km h−1 | 23.8 | 1.9 | 23.4 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 2.0 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 22.4 | 2.2 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 3.36 (0.04) | P2 > P3 | 0.067 |
Speedave, km h−1 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 0.65 (0.52) | – | 0.014 |
