Ball Impact Position in Recreational Male Padel Players: Implications for Training and Injury Management
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample and Procedures
2.2. Variables Collected
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Stroke Type | Highly Trained (n = 8237) | Novice (n = 6561) | Mean Difference | Mean Difference (95% CI) | Effect Size | p-Value | |
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Lower | Upper | ||||||
Serve | 0.52 (0.28) | 0.69 (0.25) | −0.11 | −0.13 | −0.09 | 0.42 | <0.001 * |
Groundstroke | 0.64 (0.32) | 0.57 (0.34) | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.10 | −0.23 | <0.001 * |
Volley | 0.38 (0.26) | 0.51 (0.26) | −0.14 | −0.15 | −0.12 | 0.52 | <0.001 * |
Tray | −0.01 (0.34) | 0.24 (0.31) | −0.25 | −0.29 | −0.21 | 0.76 | <0.001 * |
Smash | 0.45 (0.44) | 0.60 (0.30) | −0.15 | −0.22 | −0.08 | 0.40 | <0.001 * |
Backwall | 0.43 (0.41) | 0.11 (0.35) | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.35 | −0.83 | <0.001 * |
Lob | 0.65 (0.32) | 0.59 (0.38) | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.10 | −0.18 | 0.001 * |
Lateral wall | 0.73 (0.38) | 0.61 (0.37) | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.19 | -0.35 | <0.001 * |
Double wall | 0.49 (0.43) | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.32 | −0.54 | <0.001 * |
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Sánchez-Alcaraz, B.J.; Martínez-Gallego, R.; Llana, S.; Vučković, G.; Muñoz, D.; Courel-Ibáñez, J.; Sánchez-Pay, A.; Ramón-Llin, J. Ball Impact Position in Recreational Male Padel Players: Implications for Training and Injury Management. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020435
Sánchez-Alcaraz BJ, Martínez-Gallego R, Llana S, Vučković G, Muñoz D, Courel-Ibáñez J, Sánchez-Pay A, Ramón-Llin J. Ball Impact Position in Recreational Male Padel Players: Implications for Training and Injury Management. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(2):435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020435
Chicago/Turabian StyleSánchez-Alcaraz, Bernardino Javier, Rafael Martínez-Gallego, Salvador Llana, Goran Vučković, Diego Muñoz, Javier Courel-Ibáñez, Alejandro Sánchez-Pay, and Jesús Ramón-Llin. 2021. "Ball Impact Position in Recreational Male Padel Players: Implications for Training and Injury Management" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2: 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020435