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: Received: 25 March 2024 / Approved: 26 March 2024 / Online: 26 March 2024 (06:51:39 CET)
How to cite:
Menayo, R.; Morales, N.; Pulido, S.; Fuentes-García, J.P. Massed and Distributed Practice on Learning the Serve in Recreational Tennis Players. Preprints2024, 2024031539. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1539.v1
Menayo, R.; Morales, N.; Pulido, S.; Fuentes-García, J.P. Massed and Distributed Practice on Learning the Serve in Recreational Tennis Players. Preprints 2024, 2024031539. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1539.v1
Menayo, R.; Morales, N.; Pulido, S.; Fuentes-García, J.P. Massed and Distributed Practice on Learning the Serve in Recreational Tennis Players. Preprints2024, 2024031539. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1539.v1
APA Style
Menayo, R., Morales, N., Pulido, S., & Fuentes-García, J.P. (2024). Massed and Distributed Practice on Learning the Serve in Recreational Tennis Players. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1539.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Menayo, R., Silvia Pulido and Juan Pedro Fuentes-García. 2024 "Massed and Distributed Practice on Learning the Serve in Recreational Tennis Players" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1539.v1
Abstract
This study examined how practice distribution schedules influenced accuracy and efficacy in the tennis serve. 24 recreational players were randomized into two experimental groups. Both groups carried out 4 series of 10 services per session during 12 sessions. Massed practice group did not rested between services and rested 10 seconds between series. Distributed practice group rested 10 seconds between services and 30 seconds between series. The accuracy and efficacy were registered and computed based on the 2D digitalization. The learning and retention were tested in a post-test and retention test. The learning program increased the efficacy in the post-test in both groups (p =.001 massed group; p =.015 distributed group). On the retest, the group of massed practice decreased efficacy (p =.021). In accuracy, the group of massed practice reduced its performance in the post-test (p =.015). The effects of the program on the accuracy in the retention test were not observed. It is concluded that this type of sports learning programs, applied at a recreational level, can provide a rigorous approach that contributes with guarantees to the learning of tennis.
Keywords
motor learning; tennis; youths; serve
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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