Table 3 Comparison of sprint, change of direction and jump performance between groups before and after the 7-week trial

 5 m (s)

PS

0.99 ± 0.12 ¥¥¥ ££

< 0.001 a

P

1.14 ± 0.08

< 0.001 b

C

1.21 ± 0.04

< 0.001 c

 10 m (s)

PS

1.68 ± 0.23 ¥¥¥ ££

< 0.001 a

P

2.01 ± 0.11

< 0.001 b

C

2.14 ± 0.10

< 0.001 c

 20 m (s)

PS

3.14 ± 0.11 ¥¥ £

0.005 a

P

3.40 ± 0.12

< 0.001 b

C

3.54 ± 0.18

0.002 c

 T-Half (s)

PS

6.37 ± 0.25 ¥¥¥ £

< 0.001 a

P

6.74 ± 0.28

< 0.001 b

C

7.14 ± 0.30

0.007 c

 Illinois-MT (s)

PS

11.9 ± 0.4¥¥¥ £

< 0.001 a

P

12.4 ± 0.5 €

< 0.001 b

C

13.0 ± 0.2

< 0.001 c

 SJ (cm)

PS

36.6 ± 3.3 ¥¥¥

< 0.001 a

P

35.6 ± 2.5 €€

< 0.001 b

C

29.5 ± 2.7

0.005 c

 CMJ (cm)

PS

40.3 ± 5.3 ¥¥

0.002 a

P

39.0 ± 3.1 €€

< 0.001 b

C

31.8 ± 3.1

< 0.001 c

 5JT (cm)

PS

11.1 ± 0.5

0.198 a

P

11.1 ± 1.5

0.012 b

C

10.2 ± 1.2

0.238 c