Groups
Pre-training
5
th
week
Post-training
Hard
Sand
Hard
Sand
Hard
Sand
S
18.6 ± 1.1†
15.3 ± 1.0
22.2 ± 1.4*§
18.9 ± 1.3*§
29.1 ± 1.0*§
22.7 ± 0.9*§
I
18.2 ± 1.3†
15.3 ± 1.3
19.5 ± 1.6*
16.7 ± 1.6*
21.3 ± 1.6*
17.2 ± 1.4*
C
8.4 ± 1.7
9.1 ± 1.7*
*p< 0.001 from the pre-training value
§p< 0.001 from group I
†p<0.001 from group C
Table 6:
Forearm passing skills score for all three groups before (pre), in the middle (5
th
wk) and after the end (post) of the 10-week training program
(mean ± SD)
.