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Psychomotor Abilities as a prediction indicator of high-level performance in tennis

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Sports Science
Team sports training

Abstract

Abstract : Detecting future high level performance is important in various sports . Psychomotor abilities constitute the foundation of physical giftedness . The aim of this study was to identify the most important psychomotor abilities that may lead to highest level of performance in tennis . High qualified tennis coaches were asked to make an educated guess about the most important two psychomotor abilities which cannot be modified by practice or experience . According to the result of this questionnaire, Manual dexterity and Finger dexterity abilities were tested . A total of 32 tennis players (n=32) age ranged from 22 to 24 years old (mean 23.4 years old, SD = 0.9) were selected . Subjects divided into two groups depending on the international tennis federation ranking of players, group (A) were 12 professional tennis players ( 6 males , 6 females ) who were top 200 on the international ranking, group (B) were 20 professional tennis players ( 8 males , 12 females ) who were over the rank 800 . Standard apparatus (Complete minnesota manual dexterity & O'connor tweezer dexterity) were used in this study to assess selected psychomotor abilities. The result showed that there was a significant difference (p < /p>

DOI

10.21608/isjpes.2020.25206.1005

Keywords

Key words : Psychomotor abilities, Manual dexterity, Finger dexterity, Talent identification

Authors

First Name

mohamed

Last Name

Abd El Shakour

MiddleName

Fawzy

Affiliation

Movement science , faculty of physical education , Helwan university , Cairo , Egypt

Email

mohamed.fawzy2010@windowslive.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

8

Article Issue

1

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15404

Issue Date

2020-05-01

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2020-05-05

Publish Date

2020-05-01

Page Start

82

Page End

90

Print ISSN

2356-9565

Online ISSN

2356-9573

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https://isjpes.journals.ekb.eg/article_77702.html

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825

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Journal

Publication Title

The International Scientific Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences

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https://isjpes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Psychomotor Abilities as a prediction indicator of high-level performance in tennis

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Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023