Table 1.
Participant characteristics expresed by group means (±standard deviations).
| Group 1 (n=26) |
Group 2 (n=30) |
Group 3 (n=17) |
Group 4 (n=18) |
Group 5 (n=22) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 8.9 (.9) | 11.1 (.8) | 12.9 (.5) | 14.8 (.6) | 20.0 (3.4) |
| Experience (years) | 3.6 (1.3) | 5.3 (1.0) | 7.7 (1.4) | 9.0 (1.6) | 14.2 (2.6) |
| Height (m) | 1.31 (.05) | 1.39 (.07) | 1.48 (.08) | 1.62 (.10) | 1.65 (.05) |
| Mass (kg) | 28.6 (3.4) | 34.3 (4.9) | 40.3 (4.9) | 53.6 (10.8) | 63.4 (5.0) |
| Longswing amplitude (deg) | 237.6 (72.5) | 269.6 (80.9) | 322.3 (67.6) | 357.7 (.6) | 357.8 (.5) |