Does Tennis Training Improve Attention? New Approach

• Published in: Children (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 728
• Main Authors: Ünver, Şaban, İslamoğlu, İzzet, Atan, Tülin, Yılmaz, Metin, Arslan, Hayati, Kaplan, Abdurrahim, Şimşek, Emre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14-04-2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Athletes; attention; children; Childrens health; Coaches & managers; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Human performance; Skills; Tennis; Training; attention; training; children; tennis
• ISSN: 2227-9067; 2227-9067
• DOI: 10.3390/children10040728

This study aimed to examine the effect of a tennis training program on improving attention.
A total of 40 tennis players from a Tennis Club, 20 in the experimental group (EG) and 20 in the control group (CG), participated in the study. The EG athletes received 40 serve balls from the trainer twice a week for nine weeks. The researcher applied the "d2 attention test" to the EG and CG before and after the nine-week period.
After comparing the pretest and posttest attention averages of the experimental group, there was a significant difference in the TN, TN-E, and CP mean scores (
< 0.001). In the comparison of the pretest and posttest attention averages of the CG, there was no significant difference in the TN, TN-E, and CP mean scores (
> 0.05). The comparison of the pretest attention averages of the EG and CG revealed no significant difference in the TN, TN-E, and CP mean scores (
> 0.05). The comparison of the posttest attention averages of the EG and CG revealed a significant difference in the mean scores of TN, TN-E, and CP (
< 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between the posttest-pretest differences in the TN, TN-E, and CP values of the EG and CG (
< 0.05).
The study concluded that tennis training aimed at developing attention improved the results in the attention test.