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. 2019 Oct 23;16(21):4057. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214057

Table 7.

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

Behaviour Point Outcome Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
Men Women χ2 AR Men Women χ2 AR Men Women χ2 AR
Short Matches n % n % n % n % n % n %
Serving Winner 68 21.8 59 19.2 0.8 59 18.0 61 18.1 0.0
Forced error 41 13.1 38 12.3 0.3 42 12.8 45 13.4 0.2
Unforced error 46 14.7 59 19.2 3.37 1.5 46 14.1 68 20.2 10.61 2.1
Receiving Winner 48 15.4 53 17.2 0.6 76 23.2 53 15.7 2.4
Forced error 41 13.1 41 13.3 0.1 46 14.1 38 11.3 1.1
Unforced error 68 21.8 58 18.8 0.9 58 17.7 72 21.4 1.2
Total number of points 312 308 327 337
p 0.638 0.061
ES 0.07 0.13
Regular matches n % n % χ2 AR n % n % χ2 AR n % n % χ2 AR
Serving Winner 236 19.6 195 13.5 4.2 † 224 18.6 227 16.2 1.6 54 18.4 40 16.6 0.5
Forced error 152 12.6 249 17.2 3.3 † 187 15.5 205 14.6 0.6 44 15.0 28 11.6 1.1
Unforced error 222 18.5 247 17.1 31.55 0.9 196 16.3 253 18.1 11.27 1.2 56 19.0 35 14.5 11.22 1.4
Receiving Winner 227 18.9 266 18.4 0.3 224 18.6 251 17.9 0.4 53 18.0 46 19.1 0.3
Forced error 149 12.4 165 11.4 0.8 166 13.8 166 11.8 1.5 42 14.3 29 12.0 0.8
Unforced error 217 18.0 323 22.4 2.7† 208 17.3 299 21.3 2.6† 45 15.3 63 26.1 3.1 †
Total number of points 1203 1445 1205 1401 294 241
p <0.001 * 0.046 * 0.049 *
ES 0.11 0.07 0.15
Long matches n % n % χ2 AR n % n % χ2 AR n % n % χ2 AR
Serving Winner 72 18.8 61 14.8 1.5 70 18.5 55 13.4 2.0 72 19.3 56 12.8 2.5
Forced error 48 12.6 69 16.8 1.7 55 14.6 65 15.9 0.5 48 12.8 75 17.2 1.7
Unforced error 63 16.5 62 15.1 10.77 0.5 64 16.9 67 16.3 10.81 0.2 54 14.4 63 14.4 9.70 0.0
Receiving Winner 62 16.2 94 22.9 2.4 † 91 24.1 80 19.5 1.6 79 21.1 91 20.8 0.1
Forced error 57 14.9 51 12.4 1.0 33 8.7 53 12.9 1.9 52 13.9 54 12.4 0.7
Unforced error 80 20.9 74 18.0 1.0 65 17.2 90 22.0 1.7 69 18.4 98 22.4 1.4
Total number of points 382 411 378 410 374 437
p 0.049 * 0.06 0.08
ES 0.12 0.12 0.11

* p < 0.05; † AR = |2.0|.