Sub-elite swimmers ( |
Elite swimmers ( |
IC (95%) | Effect size ( |
p-value | |
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Turn time (3mRTT, s) | 3.15 (0.11) | 2.89 (0.07) | (-0.35:-0.18) | 3.05 | 0.000 |
Maximal speed (Vmax, m/s) | 2.34 (0.22) | 2.58 (0.17) | (0.05:0.43) | -1.03 | 0.015 |
Speed 3 m before the wall (VIn, m/s) | 1.54 (0.22) | 1.75 (0.23) | (-0.42:0.01) | 1.06 | 0.057 |
Approach time (AT, s) | 1.23 (0.08) | 1.09 (0.06) | (-0.20:-0.06) | 1.88 | 0.001 |
Speed 1 m before the rotation (V1mR, m/s) | 1.57 (0.13) | 1.73 (0.13) | (-0.28:-0.04) | 1.70 | 0.013 |
Speed at the end of push-off (VG, m/s) | 2.31 (0.22) | 2.55 (0.15) | (0.21:0.68) | -1.06 | 0.011 |
Head-wall distance when speed goes to 2.2 m/s (D22, m) | 1.86 (0.16) | 2.31 (0.32) | (0.18:0.48) | -1.59 | 0.001 |
Speed 3 m after the turning wall (VOut, m/s) | 1.68 (0.12) | 2.01 (0.19) | (0.18:0.48) | -2.05 | 0.000 |
Lower limb extension index at the end of push-off (GLLei) | 0.97 (0.07) | 1.04 (0.07) | (-0.01:0.48) | -0.83 | 0.079 |
Upper body extension index at beginning of push-off (PoUBei) | 0.85 (0.07) | 0.89 (0.06) | (-0.02:0.10) | -0.64 | 0.174 |
Underwater propulsion distance (UD, m) | 2.29 (0.33) | 2.61 (0.35) | (0.01:0.64) | -0.93 | 0.046 |
Head-wall distance when speed goes to 1.9 m/s (D19, m) | 2.41 (0.36) | 2.79 (0.38) | (0.02:0.72) | -0.85 | 0.037 |
Lateralization during push-off (LA,°) | -1.66 (5.81) | 2.54 (3.24) | (-8.62:0.22) | -0.83 | 0.057 |
Horizontal impulse during the push-off (HPoL, N.s) | 134.54 (43.06) | 171.44 (48.96) | (-6.41:80.22) | 0.80 | 0.090 |