Publication Date
8-1978
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Carol Hughes, Thad Crews, Edward Hanes, Eugene Harryman
Degree Program
Department of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
Designed to compare the effectiveness of two beginning tennis teaching methods and two teaching techniques, this study used ninety-seven male and female students enrolled in four beginning tennis classes as subjects.
After pretests, the Dyer Wallboard and the Broer-Miller Forehand-Backhand Drive Tests, each class was instructed in one of the two designated methods and by one of the two techniques. Thirteen 45-minute sessions of instruction were followed by posttesting.
A two-way analysis of covariance, using the pretests as the covariate, was computed with the data provided by the two dependent variables.
Results of the statistical analysis of the data revealed significant (P<.05) differences of effectiveness in that the volley method was more effective than the groundstroke method, based on the Dyer test analysis, and the task technique was more effective than the command technique, based on the Broer-Miller test analysis.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sports Sciences | Sports Studies
Recommended Citation
Decker, Neil, "A Comparison of the Volley & Ground-Stroke Methods of Teaching Beginning Tennis Utilizing the Command & Task Teaching Techniques" (1978). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2250.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2250