THE IMPACT OF THE TENNIS PLAY AND STAY METHOD ON BACKHAND SKILL LEARNING AND SATISFACTION LEVEL: THE CASE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The essay aims at the investigation of the effects of the Tennis Play and Stay method in teaching fifth class elementary students the backhand skill as well as their level of satisfaction in the game. The traditional teaching approach and the proposed Play and Stay program were applied in two groups of participants. It was observed that groups highly influence the three estimations for technique assessment and the progress of the backhand ability and that the estimations for the studied groups are different when regarding to the majority of the variables on the participants’ satisfaction questionnaire. These results highlight the value of the suggested tennis program.

Keywords

• tennis
• learning
• backhand
• Play and Stay
• satisfaction level.