Kinesiology, Vol. 37 No. 2., 2005.
Original scientific paper
Speed differences between forehand and backhand in intermediate-level tennis players
Alexandros Mavvidis
Konstantinos Koronas
Christos Riganas
Thomas Metaxas
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to measure the difference in speed between the two basic strokes, back-hand (bh) and forehand (fh), in intermediate-level tennis players to identify the differences that exist between the use and effectiveness of the two strokes. The sample consisted of 20 intermediate-level tennis players, 6 males and 14 females. The variables applied were 10 backhand and 10 forehand strokes, for each subject. Data analysis and the comparison did not show any statistically significant differences between the speed of either strokes, whereas the difference was noticed between the males and females. The results showed that the general performance in the forehand stroke was better for males. It was concluded that more practice should be done in backhand than in forehand strokes for both genders, because speed was not lacking but effectiveness was, hence the latter requires further practice.
Keywords
forehand; backhand; speed; intermediate-level tennis players
Hrčak ID:
4129
URI
Publication date:
23.12.2005.
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