Table 3. Pre and post scratch test, spike hit rate on target and spike speed (spike skill assessment day).

	P value of Student's t-test or
	Mann-Whitney U test
	CycSG (n=12)	CG (n=12)	SSG (n=12)	P value of ANOVA or	CycSG-CG	CycSG-SSG	SSG-CG
				Kruskal Wallis
Scratch test (cm)
Pre	6.4 (-12/17)	8.2±3.7	4.1 (-8/12)
Post	7.4 (-11/19)	8.3±3.3	5.7 (-7/15.50)	K0.58
∆	1.0 (0/3)	0.2 (-1/2)	1.6 (-1/8)	K0.80	0,07	0,67	0,07
p for ∆	0.01*	0,52	0.02*
Spike hit rate on target (%)
Pre	0.4 (0.2/0.6)	0.3±0.2	0.3 (0/0.6)
Post	0.4 (0/1)	0.3±0.2	0.4 (0/0.8)	K0.67
∆	0.03 (-0.4/0.6)	0.05 (-0.4/0.2)	0.10 (-0.6/0.8)	K0.22	0,41	0,88	0,49
p for ∆	0,72	0,37	0,43
Spike speed (km/h)
Pre	41.5±9.3	39.9±9.4	40.4±7.2		Since no interaction effect was detected, ANOVA and
Post	39.7±9.1	40.1±9.8	40.9±6.7		post-hoc tests for ANOVA were not performed.
∆	-1.8±3.2	0.2±3.4	0.5±4.1
p for ∆	0,07	0,69	0,4
CycSG: Cyclic stretching group; CG: Control group; SSG: Static stretching group; ∆: Post-test score-pre-test score; A ANOVA [p value]; K Kruskal Wallis (Median [Min-Max] value).