Physical performance tests
Performance on the physical tests is shown in Table II and the percent change in physical tests
over the 4-day tournament in Figure 2. There were no apparent reductions in countermovement jump
height (7.6+6.8% and 5.7+5%, Z2¼0.34) and mean repeated sprint time (2.1+3% and 1.6+
2.3%, Z2¼0.07) from day 1 to day 5 for the coldwater immersion and thermoneutral immersion
groups, respectively, with no effect of cold-water immersion or thermoneutral immersion on
these measures (all P40.05). There were no differences between conditions or across time for
total repeated-sprint-ability test time or shuttle-run heart rate.