## 3 Results  
Table 2 illustrates the within-group comparisons of wMPA between the different periods of the season for both starters and non-starters, respectively. The outcomes of repeated measures ANOVA revealed significant differences between season periods for both starters (\(p<0.001\), np\({}^{2}=0.827\)) and non-starters (\(p<0.001\), np\({}^{2}=0.909\)). In particular, pairwise comparisons of wMPA are displayed in the same table and, additionally, to better understand the differences of the variables, are are shown in Figure 1.  
Within-group comparisons of GPS-derived accelerometer variables parameters between the different season periods for both starters and non-starters are displayed in Tables 3-5. According to Table 3, analysis of wAcZ1 and wDcZ1 showed significant results for both starters (\(p=0.012\), np\({}^{2}=0.467\) and \(p=0.055\), np\({}^{2}=0.352\)) and non-starters (\(p<0.001\), np\({}^{2}=0.755\) and \(p<0.001\), np\({}^{2}=0.663\)), respectively. To better understand the differences of the variables, these are also shown in Figure 2. \begin{table}
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**Variable** & **Period** & **Mean (SD)** & **COMPARATIVE** & **Group** & **\(P\)** & **Hedge* \(g\) (95\% CD)** \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{wMPA (W-kg\({}^{-1}\))} & \multirow{2}{*}{Pre-season} & Starters: 37.25 \(\pm\) 1.74 & \multirow{2}{*}{PreS vs. EarS} & Starters & 0.194 & \(-\)1.05 [\(-\)1.98 to \(-\)0.11] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & Non-starters: 28.80 \(\pm\) 7.33 & & Non-starters & 0.704 & 0.32 [\(-\)0.52 to 1.16] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & Starters & \(>\)0.999 & 0.72 [\(-\)0.18 to 1.62] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & Non-starters & 0.001  & 0.98 [\(\mathrm{1.010\pm 1.86}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & Starters & 0.002  & 1.53 [\(\mathrm{0.53\pm 0.52}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & Non-starters & \(<\)0.001  & 1.79 [\(\mathrm{0.03\pm 0.27}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & Starters & \(<\)0.001  & 1.42 [\(\mathrm{0.44\pm 0.20}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & Starters: 35.28 \(\pm\) 3.27 & \multirow{2}{*}{EarS vs. MidS} & \multirow{2}{*}{Non-starters} & \(<\)0.001  & 0.98 [\(\mathrm{0.09\pm 1.86}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & Starters & \(<\)0.001  & 0.98 [\(\mathrm{0.09\pm 1.86}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & Starters & \(<\)0.001  & 2.07 [\(\mathrm{0.99\pm 0.316}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & Non-starters & \(<\)0.001  & 2.34 [\(\mathrm{1.25\pm 0.342}\)] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & Starters & \(<\)0.001  & 0.56 [\(-\)0.33 to 1.45] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{wMPA (W-kg\({}^{-1}\))} & \multirow{3}{*}{End-season} & Starters: 33.49 \(\pm\) 2.85 & \multirow{3}{*}{MidS vs. EndS} & Starters & 0.112 & 0.56 [\(-\)0.33 to 1.45] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{wMPA (W-kg\({}^{-1}\))} & \multirow{3}{*}{End-season} & Starters: 33.49 \(\pm\) 2.85 & \multirow{3}{*}{MidS vs. EndS} & Starters & 0.112 & 0.56 [\(-\)0.33 to 1.45] \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{wMPA (W-kg\({}^{-1}\))} & \multirow{3}{*}{End-season period: EarS, early-season period: MidS, mid-season period: EndS, end-season period: wMPA, weekly metabolic power average: W-kg\({}^{-1}\), vats per kilogram: \(P\), yellow at alpha level 0.05: Hedge* \(g\) (95\% CD), Hedge* \(g\) effect size magnitude with 95% confidence interval. Significant differences (\(\leq\) 0.05) are indicated with symbol (?).} \\ \cline{3-6}  & & & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 2: Within-group differences for pairwise comparisons between season periods in wMPA for starter and non-starters players.