The effects of external focusing strategies on a tennis skill learning

테니스기술 학습에서 외적 주의초점 전략들의 효과 : 특정전략과 범용전략을 중심으로

Ahn, Byung-Sun;Ko, Wi-Sug;Yook, Dong-Won;Hong, Seog-Beom;Lee, Han-Woo;Shin, Jung-Taek
안병선;고의석;육동원;홍석범;이한우;신정택

  • Published : 20070100

Abstract

The effectiveness of two different external focusing strategies were compared on the learning of a externally-paced motor skill, tennis volley. Specifically, investigated was the influence of (a) task-general strategy, a comprehensive external focusing strategy that could be used for various sport skills; and (b) task-specific strategy, an optimized external focusing strategy that could be used for a specific sport situation. Forty eight university students (male tennis beginners) were randomly assigned to one of three different groups (task-general strategy group, task-specific strategy group, and control group). They performed 150 trials to learn a tennis volley task in a practice session and then 20 more trials each in a retention session and a transfer session. The goal of the task was hitting the target area with the tennis ball. Deviation scores from the center of the target area were recorded. The results of the experiment indicated that participants who used the task-specific strategy as well as participants who used the task-general strategy, performed the tennis volley task better than the participants who did not use any external focusing strategy, and the participants used the task-specific strategy performed better than the other participants in the retention session.

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