Table 1

Mean and standard deviation of the swimming times and speeds (15, 25, 40 and 50 m) and the start of swimming (from the starting signal to the hands’ first contact with the water)

	Pre-test						Pre-test + PAPE						Post-test (6 weeks)						Post-test (6 weeks) + PAPE
	T		SD	Speed		SD	T		SD	Speed		SD	T		SD	Speed		SD	T		SD	Speed		SD
15 m	7.30	±	0.50	1.71	±	0.13	7.12*	±	0.90	2.17*	±	1.62	7.37	±	0.55	1.70	±	0.13	7.34	±	0.57	1.70	±	0.12
25 m	13.51	±	0.85	1.53	±	0.10	13.57	±	1.03	1.50	±	0.13	13.74	±	0.96	1.52	±	0.10	13.68	±	1.00	1.53	±	0.13
40 m	21.76	±	1.38	1.64	±	0.10	21.95	±	1.64	1.61	±	0.12	22.14	±	1.53	1.61	±	0.13	21.97#	±	1.62	1.65#	±	0.13
50 m	27.73	±	1.72	1.59	±	0.09	28.08	±	2.18	1.58	±	0.17	28.31	±	2.03	1.54	±	0.14	27.98#	±	2.10	1.59#	±	0.13
Start	0.90	±	0.09	3.28	±	0.39	0.91	±	0.10	3.27	±	0.36	0.91	±	0.08	3.29	±	0.39	0.92	±	0.11	3.31†	±	0.33
* Differences compared to the standard warm-up; # Differences compared to the standard warm-up after the 6 weeks of training; † Differences compared to the PAPE warm-up after the 6 weeks of training.

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