Table 2

 Mean (SD) premaximal and postmaximal distance throw (DT), pretotal and post-total distance thrown (total of five throws), % decline within pre-DT and post-DT, and overall decline in DT from pretest to post-test for Skins, Adidas, Under Armour and control conditions

SkinsAdidasUAControl
DT, distance throw; UA, Under Armour.
*Large effect size (d>0.8).
DT pre (m)63.2 (11.7)61.7 (11.7)62.5 (9.9)62.2 (8.2)
DT pretotal (m)316.2 (58.7)308.7 (58.3312.6 (49.6)311.3 (41.0)
DT predecline (%)4.3 (2.6)6.3 (3.5)4.9 (2.0)5.4 (0.9)
DT post (m)59.6 (12.0)60.6 (10.7)58.7 (9.4)59.2 (9.6)
DT posttotal (m)297.9 (60.1)303.1 (53.9)293.8 (46.9)296.3 (50.4)
DT postdecline (%)5.0 (2.4)7.8 (3.4)7.4 (3.9)6.0 (2.7)
Total decline (%)6.2 (2.4)3.9 (2.2)*6.4 (2.8)5.1 (2.9)