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Table 1 Akaike Information Criteria [21] variable selection for different categories of training load explanatory variables modeling performance outcomes in two different groups of elite international athletes

From: The Current State of Subjective Training Load Monitoring: Follow-Up and Future Directions

Order

Acute TL

AICc

Chronic TL

AICc

Change in TL

AICc

Taper

AICc

Athletics (n = 4, performance measures = 29)

 1

5-d EWMA-W

124

42-d EWMA-L

123

TSB9:14-d EWMA-L

120

TSB9:14-d SMA CH28-d

113

 2

5-d SMA

124

35-d EWMA-L

123

TSB7:14-d EWMA-L

121

TSB7:14-d SMA CH28-d

113

 3

7-d EWMA-W

125

28-d EWMA-L

123

TSB9:14-d EWMA-W

122

TSB9:14-d EWMA-W CH28-d

113

 4

9-d EWMA-W

125

42-d EWMA-W

124

TSB9:21-d EWMA-L

122

TSB9:14-d EWMA-L CH28-d

114

 5

5-d EWMA-L

125

21-d EWMA-L

124

TSB7:21-d EWMA-L

122

TSB7:14-d EWMA-W CH28-d

114

 6

7-d EWMA-L

125

35-d EWMA-W

124

TSB7:14-d EWMA-W

122

TSB9:42-d EWMA-L CH28-d

114

 7

9-d EWMA-L

125

42-d SMA

125

TSB9:21-d EWMA-W

122

TSB9:21-d SMA CH28-d

114

 8

7-d SMA

125

28-d EWMA-W

125

TSB9:35-d EWMA-W

123

TSB9:35-d EWMA-L CH28-d

114

Basketball (n = 13, performance measures = 171)

 1

9-d SMA

541

28-d SMA

538

TSB9:28-d SMA

527

TSB5:21-d SMA CH21-d

498

 2

7-d EWMA-W

543

14-d SMA

542

TSB7:28-d SMA

532

TSB9:21-d SMA CH21-d

500

 3

9-d EWMA-W

543

35-d SMA

542

TSB9:21-d SMA

533

TSB7:21-d SMA CH21-d

501

 4

5-d EWMA-L

543

14-d EWMA-W

544

TSB9:35-d SMA

534

TSB9:14-d EWMA-W CH21-d

504

 5

5-d EWMA-W

543

35-d EWMA-L

545

TSB9:14-d EWMA-L

534

TSB5:28-d SMA CH21-d

505

 6

7-d EWMA-L

544

21-d SMA

545

TSB7:14-d EWMA-L

535

TSB7:14-d EWMA-W CH21-d

507

 7

9-d EWMA-L

545

28-d EWMA-L

545

TSB9:21-d EWMA-W

536

TSB9:21-d EWMA-W CH21-d

507

 8

7-d SMA

545

42-d EWMA-L

545

TSB5:14-d EWMA-L

536

TSB7:21-d EWMA-W CH21-d

508

  1. TL training load, AICc Akaike Information Criterion, TSB training stress balance, CH change in TL measure prior to competition, d days, SMA simple moving averages, EWMA-W exponentially weighted moving average as per Williams et al. [23], EWMA-L exponentially weighted moving average as per Lazarus et al. [24]