Table 8. Comparison of the stroke effect of pre- and posttest between male and female participants within different groups.
Variables |
Pretest |
Posttest |
EG |
CG |
EG |
CG |
Male |
Female |
p |
Male |
Female |
p |
Male |
Female |
p |
Male |
Female |
p |
Large area |
10.57±3.77 |
13.63±4.93 |
0.066 |
14.63±5.01 |
11.36±4.37 |
0.070 |
18.21±2.80 |
18.94±3.45 |
0.538 |
18.19±2.17 |
17.80±2.48 |
0.069 |
Small area |
0.57±0.93 |
0.69±0.87 |
0.730 |
0.81±1.32 |
1.00±1.17 |
0.687 |
3.64±1.01 |
3.69±1.35 |
0.920 |
2.25±0.77 |
2.71±1.43 |
0.294 |
Out |
14.86±4.41 |
15.94±7.04 |
0.638 |
13.69±3.98 |
14.43±4.01 |
0.618 |
11.64±2.49 |
12.00±2.76 |
0.832 |
12.63±4.48 |
10.57±3.15 |
0.164 |
Net |
3.29±2.23 |
2.25±3.55 |
0.355 |
4.00±5.31 |
4.07±3.46 |
0.996 |
2.79±2.45 |
1.69±2.15 |
0.207 |
3.8±2.68 |
3.21±3.55 |
0.892 |
Miss |
0.71±0.82 |
1.50±2.12 |
0.206 |
1.31±1.35 |
1.21±0.89 |
0.819 |
0.64±0.74 |
0.69±0.79 |
0.875 |
0.50±0.51 |
0.57±0.75 |
0.762 |
Racket-edge stroke |
1.00±1.41 |
0.94±1.06 |
0.894 |
1.44±2.92 |
0.64±1.08 |
0.345 |
0.57±0.64 |
0.50±0.63 |
0.763 |
0.63±0.61 |
0.43±0.64 |
0.404 |
Ball speed |
25.91±2.11 |
25.11±2.90 |
0.398 |
25.64±2.77 |
25.14±2.14 |
0.583 |
27.39±1.75 |
26.63±2.37 |
0.331 |
26.66±2.15 |
26.39±1.74 |
0.716 |
EG = Experimental group, CG = Control group