Table 3. Descriptive statistics for the variables. Data are means ± SD.
| Variable |
Group |
Pre |
Post |
| VIFT
(km/h) |
HIITearly |
16.208
± 0.542 |
17.542
± 0.722 * |
| HIITpost |
16.542
± 0.498 |
17.792
± 0.690 * |
| Control |
16.417
± 0.597 |
16.500
± 0.603 |
| Passes
Accuracy (%) |
HIITearly |
66.242
± 6.325 |
72.992
± 4.788 * |
| HIITpost |
66.858
± 7.541 |
69.592
± 7.225 * |
| Control |
65.800
± 4.729 |
66.717
± 4.528 |
| Dribble
Accuracy (%) |
HIITearly |
76.592
± 4.459 |
78.092
± 4.339 * |
| HIITpost |
78.500
± 4.835 |
79.342
± 4.796 * |
| Control |
76.717
± 4.719 |
77.208
± 4.777 * |
| Shot
Accuracy (%) |
HIITearly |
37.625
± 5.727 |
41.683
± 4.797 * |
| HIITpost |
37.342
± 4.403 |
38.842
± 4.368 * |
| Control |
35.725
± 5.144 |
36.625
± 4.522 * |
VIFT: final speed at 30-15 intermittent fitness test; HIITearly: high-intensitry interval training conducted at the beginning of the session;
HIITpost: high-intensity interval training conducted at the end of the session* significant different (p < 0.001) intra-group (pre vs post).
