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- Title
Effect of motor imagery training on tennis service performance in young tennis athletes.
- Authors
de Sousa Fortes, Leonardo; Sousa Almeida, Sebastião; Andrade Nascimento-Júnior, José Roberto; Fiorese, Lenamar; Lima-Júnior, Dalton; Caputo Ferreira, Maria Elisa
- Abstract
The objective of the study was to analyse the efiect of motor imagery training on tennis service performance among tennis athletes. Participants were twenty-eight young male tennis players, randomly divided into two groups: imagery training (ITG, n = 14) and control group (CG, n = 14). It was a controlled and randomized experimental investigation, lasting eight weeks. The CG watched videos about the history of the Olympics, while ITG did motor imagery training. The tennis service performance was obtained by the product between accuracy and stroke velocity [accuracy x mean velocity of all strokes (km/h)]. The efiect of group vs time interaction (p <.01) was identified for all performance indicators [accuracy, running speed and performance (precision x speed)], with improvement only in ITG (p = 01). It concluded that motor imagery training would be considered an efiective strategy to enhance the tennis service performance among male tennis players.
- Subjects
TENNIS players; SPORTS for youth; SPORTS psychology; MOTOR imagery (Cognition); SERVING (Tennis); MALE athletes
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology / Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 1, p157
- ISSN
1132-239X
- Publication type
Article