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.