TABLE 1.

Mean values of performance indices for the repeated change of direction test.

	Encouragement group (EC)	Compliment group (CG)	Control group	P-value	Effect size
FT (sec)	5.92 ± 0.30‡	6.12 ± 0.21£	6.51 ± 0.19	0.001**	0.450
AT (sec)	6.14 ± 0.28€	6.46 ± 0.26£	6.88 ± 0.21	0.000***	0.560
TT (sec)	37.03 ± 1.67€	39.13 ± 1.71£	41.66 ± 1.35	0.000***	0.566
FI (%)	4.26 ± 1.63	6.65 ± 4.99	6.56 ± 2.07	0.158	0.142

Data were expressed as means ± SDs.

FT, fast time; AT, average time; TT, total time; FI, fatigue index; ES, effect size.

**Highly significantly different between the three groups as P < 0.01; ***strictly different between the three groups as P < 0.000; ^‡significantly different between encouragement vs. control (P < 0.01); ^£significantly different between compliment vs. control (P < 0.05); ^€significantly different between encouragement vs. compliment (P < 0.05).