Table 1. Repeated measures correlations between different training load variables with competitive performance for four elite international long jump athletes in a 16-week period that included the qualification for and competition at the 2016 Olympic Games. SMA EWMA-W EWMA-L r [95% CI] p r [95% CI] p SM r-z p r [95% CI] p SM r-z p EWMA-W r-z p sRPE Training Load Variables Total week TL 0.06 [-0.35, 0.46] 0.74 - - - - - - - Week-to-week TL change -0.13 [-0.51, 0.29] 0.53 - - - - - - - Acute TL 0.06 [-0.35, 0.46] 0.74 0.09 [-0.32, 0.47] 0.67 0.95 0.11 [-0.31, 0.49] 0.61 0.90 0.95 Chronic TL 0.15 [-0.27, 0.52] 0.46 0.16 [-0.26, 0.53] 0.44 0.97 0.29 [-0.13, 0.62] 0.16 0.64 0.66 TSB 0.08 [-0.34, 0.47] 0.71 0.20 [-0.22, 0.56] 0.32 0.68 0.25 [-0.17, 0.59] 0.22 0.56 0.86 TSB VOL21 -0.27 [-0.85, 0.61] 0.48 0.19 [-0.23, 0.55] 0.35 0.39 0.15 [-0.27, 0.52] 0.47 0.43 0.88 TSB CH21 0.23 [-0.63, 0.84] 0.55 0.06 [-0.35, 0.45] 0.76 0.75 0.11 [-0.31, 0.49] 0.60 0.82 0.85 DIFF 7-day - - -0.21 [-0.56, 0.22] 0.32 - -0.15 [-0.52, 0.27] 0.46 - 0.86 DIFF 21-day - - -0.15 [-0.52, 0.27] 0.46 - -0.19 [-0.55, 0.24] 0.36 - 0.92 SMA – simple moving average, EWMA-W – exponentially weighted moving averages as per Williams et al. (2016), EWMA-L - exponentially weighted moving averages as per Lazarus et al. (2017), TL – training load, TSB – training stress balance, DIFF – differential load, VOL21 - the volatility (standard deviation) of values in the last 21 days prior to competition, CH21 - the value 21 days prior to competition subtracted from the value on the day of the competition, r – correlation coefficient; CI – confidence interval.