Table 1. Rectal temperature, exit velocity, swing power in the hitting test and reaction time in the reactive defense test before and after the intrasquad game in the control and cooling trials.
Control Cooling
Before After Before After
Rectal temperature (°C) 36.61 ± 0.17 38.15 ± 0.31* 36.62 ± 0.28 38.08 ± 0.24*
Swing power (W) 56.42 ± 3.93 58.48 ± 3.20* 56.36 ± 4.40 58.01 ± 3.68*
Exit velocity (km/h) 131.76 ± 5.93 133.31 ± 7.59 130.11 ± 7.20 131.96 ± 6.59
Reactive agility (s)
  Infielders 0.286 ± 0.052 0.325 ± 0.061* 0.278 ± 0.037 0.290 ± 0.029
  Outfielders 0.449 ± 0.086 0.657 ± 0.170 0.503 ± 0.206 0.748 ± 0.217
  All 0.367 ± 0.109 0.491 ± 0.212* 0.390 ± 0.183 0.518 ± 0.282
*p < 0.05, significantly different from before the game in the same trial.