Table 2. Results of eye hand coordination by test version (correctly caught balls/30seconds; mean±SD).
Test version | National | Regional | Local | F (p) | r (p) |
(n = 13) | (n = 11) | (n = 19) | (n = 43) | (n = 37) | |
Tennis ball - 1 m | 29±5 | 26±5 | 17±7 | 15.722* (<0.001) | 0.51* ( = 0.002) |
Tennis ball - 2 m | 17±5 | 18±3 | 12±5 | 6.616* ( = 0.003) | 0.17 ( = 0.316) |
Table tennis ball - 1 m | 24±7 | 23±4 | 14±5 | 18.507* (<0.001) | 0.54* ( = 0.001) |
Table tennis ball - 2 m | 15±6 | 16±4 | 9±5 | 9.747* (<0.001) | 0.33* ( = 0.049) |
r: Partial correlation coefficient of association between test and competition results controlled for age.
p<0.05: Sidak post hoc tests showed significant differences between (1) national and local level and (2) regional and local level for all test versions.