Table 6.
Pre- and posttest comparisons of the stroke effect between EG and CG.
Variables
Pre-
Post-
EG
CG
p
-value
EG
CG
p
-value
Large area
12.10±5.0
13.60±4.56
0.635
23.10±3.05
16.40±2.16
0.022
*
Small area
0.50±0.13
0.85±1.14
0.353
4.15±1.09
2.00±0.79
0.000
**
Out
15.45±2.51
14.10±2.16
0.371
10.85±2.43
11.00±1.74
0.615
Net
2.10±0.52
4.05±1.60
0.090
2.05±0.40
4.20±2.13
0.014
*
Miss
1.00±1.01
0.75±0.52
0.308
0.35±0.59
0.50±0.21
0.364
Racket-edge stroke
1.05±1.23
1.50±0.47
0.808
0.25±0.91
0.40±0.14
0.243
Ball speed
25.38±2.55
26.16±2.54
0.289
26.86±2.56
26.90±2.05
0.871
EG = Experimental group, CG = Control group
* p< 0.05
** p< 0.01.