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Table 3 Player and staff perceptions on the length of the off-season and pre-season period to recover and prepare, respectively. Answers are in weeks

From: The Perceptions of Elite Professional Rugby League Players and Staff on the National Rugby League Annual Calendar: A Mixed-Methods Study

 

Player

Staff

p value

Off-season

n = 439

n = 44

Complete inactivity

3.1 ± 2.0

–

 

Optimal length

9.0 ± 3.8*

7.3 ± 1.4*

0.005

Pre-season

Optimal length

9.2 ± 3.1*

11.5 ± 2.9*

 < 0.001

Minimal length

7.3 ± 2.8*

9.2 ± 2.7*

 < 0.001

  1. *Denotes answers significantly different from one another within each row (p < 0.05)
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