One-year developmental changes in motor coordination and tennis skills in 10-12-year-old male and female tennis players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, no longitudinal studies of quarterly changes have been conducted on the differences in the development of motor coordination between boys and girls in relation to changes in their tennis skills level. Therefore, the aim of the study was to assess the development of motor coordination of 10-12-year-old tennis players over the course of 1 year, in the light of changes in tennis skills preparation.

Methods

One-hundred eighty male and female tennis players aged 10, 11, or 12 years old participated in the study. Each age group comprised 30 boys and 30 girls. To investigate their motor coordination development, a battery of general tests (simple reaction, complex reaction, Spalding test, spider test, hexagon jumping, Starosta's test, hand-eye test, balance, pla

SUBMITTER: Waldzinski T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389239 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature