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The multi-height (low, L = 3 cm; intermediate, M = 100 cm; high, H = 200 cm) Beerkan run methodology was applied on both a minimum tilled (MT) (i.e., up to a depth of 30 cm) and a no-tilled (NT) bare loam soil, and the soil water retention curve was estimated by the BEST-steady algorithm. Three indicators of soil physical quality (SPQ), i.e., macroporosity (<i>Pmac</i>), air capacity (<i>AC</i>) and relative field capacity (<i>RFC</i>) were calculated to assess the impact of water pouring height under alternative soil management practices. Results showed that, compared to the reference low run, M and H runs affected both the estimated soil water retention curves and derived SPQ indicators. Generally, M–H runs significantly reduced the mean values of <i>Pmac</i> and <i>AC</i> and increased <i>RFC</i> for both MT and NT soil management practices. According to the guidelines for assessment of SPQ, the M and H runs: (i) worsened <i>Pmac</i> classification of both MT and NT soils; (ii) did not worsen <i>AC</i> classification, regardless of soil management parameters; (iii) worsened <i>RFC</i> classification of only NT soil, as a consequence of insufficient soil aeration. For both soil management techniques, a strong negative correlation was found between the <i>Pmac</i> and <i>AC</i> values and the gravitational potential energy, <i>E_p</i>, of the water used for the infiltration runs. A positive correlation was detected between <i>RFC</i> and <i>E_p</i>. The relationships were plausible from a soil physics point of view. NT soil has proven to be more resilient than MT. This study contributes toward testing simple and robust methods capable of quantifying soil degradation effects, due to intense rainfall events, under different soil management practices in the Mediterranean environment.