Evaluation’s Criteria during Practice of Service in Tennis

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to the practice of service in tennis in 6 teaching units (3*2 hours) and the application of evaluation criteria in this motor skill. The sample consisted of 101 novice students of physical education, aged 19-20 years old (59 male and 42 female). After the end of practice, an assessment of these criteria was done on this motor skill. Although five criteria were proposed initially, after statistical analysis (correlation, factorial analysis) four criteria were accepted: “timing”, “ball throw”, “racket swing”, and “body movement”. Furthermore, the present study proposes norms for these criteria to evaluate service during practice in novice players.