Table 3.

Differences in temporal parameters and range of strokes between men’s and women’s badminton players during short matches.

Variables	Set 1						Set 2
	Men		Women		p	ES	Men		Women		p	ES
Temporal Parameters	M	SD	M	SD			M	SD	M	SD
Set duration	13.24	1.79	12.55	1.15	0.31	0.46	14.87	2.66	12.63	4.44	0.19	0.61
Rally time	7.85	6.09	8.39	4.63	0.83	0.10	8.05	7.63	7.91	4.45	0.96	0.02
Real playing time	244.87	5.68	258.54	4.50	0.01 *	2.67	263.36	6.11	266.42	4.24	0.21	0.58
Rest time	15.74	6.30	14.05	4.80	0.51	0.30	17.55	9.70	14.25	8.74	0.43	0.36
Real rest time	459.60	6.01	404.58	4.46	<0.01 *	10.4	538.82	9.24	451.74	6.09	<0.01 *	11.1
Density	0.51	0.32	0.63	0.32	0.41	0.38	0.49	0.32	0.61	0.31	0.41	0.38
Strokes per rally	8.13	6.26	6.81	4.43	0.59	0.24	8.41	7.51	6.61	4.36	0.52	0.29
Strokes per set	253.60	55.81	209.90	30.73	0.04 *	0.97	274.90	89.49	209.90	30.73	0.04 *	0.97
Frequency of strokes	0.91	0.14	1.18	0.35	0.03 *	1.01	0.90	0.14	1.14	0.34	0.06	0.92
Number of rallies	34.79	4.92	30.80	2.25	0.03 *	1.04	32.70	4.76	33.70	3.40	0.59	0.24
Effective playing time (%)	65.21	4.92	39.10	3.55	<0.01 *	6.08	32.34	6.64	37.91	6.18	0.07	0.87
Effective rest time (%)	34.79	6.09	60.90	3.55	<0.01 *	6.08	67.66	6.64	62.09	6.18	0.07	0.87
Range of strokes	%	n	%	n	χ2	AR	%	n	%	n	χ2	AR
A (1–2)	9.9	31	12.3	38		0.6	8.9	29	11.6	39		0.8
B (3–4)	21.8	68	23.4	72		0.3	24.5	80	25.5	86		0.2
C (5–6)	18.6	58	22.4	69		0.7	19.3	63	22.3	75		0.6
D (7–8)	14.4	45	16.6	51		0.5	13.5	44	16.3	55		0.7
E (9–10)	11.2	35	8.1	25		0.9	8.6	28	9.2	31		0.2
F (11–12)	7.1	22	4.5	14	14.17	0.9	6.1	20	6.8	23	23.66	0.3
G (13–14)	3.8	12	4.9	15		0.4	4.3	14	3.3	11		0.5
H (15–16)	3.8	12	3.2	10		0.3	4.3	14	1.2	4		1.7
I (17–18)	2.9	9	2.3	7		0.3	4.6	15	0.6	2		2.3
J (19–20)	2.6	8	1.6	5		0.6	2.1	7	1.8	6		0.2
K (21+)	3.8	12	0.6	2		0.9	4.0	13	1.5	5		1.4
Total number of ranges	312		308				327		337
p	0.17						0.01
ES	0.15						0.19

* p < 0.05.