Table 3 One-way ANOVA test of physical performance metrics of soccer players according to the playing position

Absolute

data

Distance (m)

6596.2 ± 1880.9

4781.1 ± 2477.0

3737.5 ± 2103.2

5596.3 ± 2380.9

0.419

0.203

Explosive distance (m)

646.2 ± 103.5

412.7 ± 237.4

346.5 ± 228.9

475.5 ± 179.3

0.400

0.210

Stay/Walk (m)

589.6 ± 113.7

352.5 ± 220.1

286.5 ± 230.9

392.3 ± 188.7

0.406

0.208

Player Load (a.u.)

83.3 ± 0.2

63.0 ± 35.1

51.9 ± 28.2

83.0 ± 34.1

0.412

0.205

Power Metabolic (W/kg)

17708.3 ± 808.6

12567.8 ± 6652.9

9857.7 ± 5818.7

14566.2 ± 6190.6

0.422

0.202

Relative

data

Distance/time (m/min)

95.1 ± 8.4

87.7 ± 9.9 ^Mi

91.8 ± 6.0 ^Mi

108.6 ± 7.4 ^Ce,Wi

0.008

0.612

Accelerations (count/min)

29.5 ± 1.7

31.0 ± 2.0

29.4 ± 2.8

28.2 ± 2.1

0.414

0.205

Decelerations (count/min)

29.5 ± 1.5

31.2 ± 1.8 ^Mi

29.7 ± 2.9

27.1 ± 0.7 ^Ce

0.056

0.455

Explosive distance (m/min)

9.2 ± 0.4

7.4 ± 1.4

8.2 ± 0.9

9.4 ± 1.2

0.083

0.415

LSRD (m/min)

26.3 ± 4.0

40.5 ± 25.1

31.2 ± 6.3

48.4 ± 21.2

0.382

0.218

MDSRD (m/min)

20.0 ± 4.6

14.8 ± 5.6 ^Mi

20.3 ± 3.4

27.7 ± 6.5 ^Ce

0.022

0.539

HSRD (m/min)

4.7 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 0.9 ^Mi

4.6 ± 1.1

4.7 ± 1.0 ^Ce

0.044

0.478

VHSRD (m/min)

3.3 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.9

1.8 ± 1.1

0.127

0.367

SPD (m/min)

2.4 ± 0.1 ^Mi

1.0 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.4

0.6 ± 0.6 ^Fu

0.006

0.633

Player Load (a.u./min)

1.2 ± 0.1 ^Mi

1.1 ± 0.2 ^Mi

1.3 ± 0.1 ^Mi

1.6 ± 0.1 ^Fu,Ce,Wi

0.003

0.672

Power Metabolic (W/kg/min)

254.9 ± 18.3

168.6 ± 109.0

239.9 ± 20.1

228.1 ± 123.4

0.622

0.614

0.135