## 3 Results  
Table 1 shows the descriptive data, in average values, related to the pre-season. A between-week comparison regarding the distance covered at different velocities is presented in Tables 2 and 3. The highest values of TD were observed in week 3, followed by week 2 (W2 vs. W3, \(p<0.05\); ES = 1.63, +18.58%), showing significant differences to the second cycle of the pre-season (W3 vs. W4, \(p<0.001\), ES = 4.50, \(-48.80\%\); W3 vs. W5, \(p<0.001\), ES = 5.00, \(-51.87\%\); W3 vs. W6, \(p<0.001\); ES = 3.82, \(-46.38\%\)). Regarding jogging, week 1 presented significant differences compared to week 3 (\(p<0.001\), ES = 2.62, +55.10%) and week 5 (\(p<0.05\), ES = 1.24, \(-17.47\%\)), while week 2 showed significant differences compared to weeks 3 (\(p<0.001\), ES = 1.64, +33.57%), 4 (\(p<0.05\), ES = 0.93, \(-15.65\%\)), 5 (\(p<0.001\), ES = 1.89, \(-28.93\%\)), and 6 (\(p<0.01\), ES = 0.95, \(-16.84\%\)). Also, week 3 presented the highest values of distance covered at jogging (\(p<0.001\)) compared to the other weeks of the pre-season. Regarding cruising, the lowest values were observed in week 5 and week 6 (\(p<0.001\)), meanwhile the highest values in this category were found in week 2. In addition, significant differences (\(p<0.01\), ES = 1.09, \(-19.49\%\)) were observed between week 2 and week 4. \begin{table}
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**Variable** & \\ \hline Weeks (n) & 6 \\ On-field sessions (n) & 33 \\ On-field sessions (min) & \(5493.65\pm 296.65\) \\ Gym sessions (n) & 32 \\ Gym sessions (min) & \(1319.41\pm 67.03\) \\ Friendly matches (n) & 7 \\ \hline Total distance (m) & 226,921.86 \(\pm\) 24,924.18 \\ Jogging (m) & 87,428.34 \(\pm\) 10,895.98 \\ Cruising (m) & 39,370.52 \(\pm\) 6811.27 \\ High-intensity running (m) & 8797.07 \(\pm\) 1555.44 \\ High-speed running (m) & 4373.65 \(\pm\) 1065.05 \\ Sprinting (m) & 1774.19 \(\pm\) 651.71 \\ LACCs (m) & 1116.29 \(\pm\) 208.19 \\ HACCs (m) & 234.65 \(\pm\) 88.84 \\ LDECs (m) & 5132.37 \(\pm\) 896.56 \\ HDECs (m) & 493.25 \(\pm\) 117.97 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Abbreviations: LACCs = low-intensity accelerations; HACCs: high-intensity accelerations; LDECs: low-intensity accelerations; HDECs: high-intensity accelerations.  
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Table 1: Descriptive data (mean \(\pm\) standard deviation) of the pre-season. \begin{table}
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**Variable** & **Week 1** & **Week 2** & **Week 3** \\ \hline Total distance (m) & 31,334.90 \(\pm\) 3990.89 1  & 48,904.21 \(\pm\) 2921.31 1  & 57,988.90 \(\pm\) 7307.98 1  \\ Jogging (m) & 13,486.58 \(\pm\) 1812.26 2  & 15,660.52 \(\pm\) 2755.61 2  & 20,917.88 \(\pm\) 3566.81 2  \\ Cruising (m) & 7434.68 \(\pm\) 1345.96 3 4  & 7913.8 \(\pm\) 1339.62 4  & 7082.24 \(\pm\) 1594.67 5 \\ High-intensity running (m) & 1062.83 \(\pm\) 285.87 5  & 1464.00 \(\pm\) 323.17 5  & 2177.00 \(\pm\) 596.92 3  \\ High-speed running (m) & 331.02 \(\pm\) 136.37 5 6 6 60.37 7 130.42  & 560.37 \(\pm\) 130.42 6  & 1257.05 \(\pm\) 514.13 6  & 57.90 \(\pm\) 41.99 4 6 60 0.08 \(\pm\) 117.13 & 326.41 \(\pm\) 211.20 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Values and significant differences for performance variables throughout the pre-season (first cycle). Regarding the high-intensity running and high-speed running categories, week 3 presented the highest values (\(p<0.001\)). Additionally, week 1 (\(p<0.001\)) and week 2 (\(p<0.05\)) revealed the lowest values for distance covered while high-speed running. Finally, week 1 presented the lowest values in the distance covered while sprinting (\(p<0.001\)), with there being no differences among the other weeks. In Tables 4 and 5, the between-week differences in the acceleration and deceleration variables are shown. Regarding LACCs, the highest values were observed in week 2 and week 3 compared to the rest of the pre-season (\(p<0.001\)).