Perceptions and Practices of Accredited Tennis Coaches When Teaching Foundational Grip Development
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.1.1. Questionnaire Development
2.1.2. Procedure
2.1.3. Analysis
2.1.4. Coach Demographics
3. Results
3.1. Coach Perceptions of Foundational Development
3.1.1. Grip Position Practices by Coaches and Associated Perceptions
3.1.2. Coach Perceptions from Using a Physically Constraining Tool
4. Discussion
4.1. Foundational Tennis Development
4.2. Grip Positions
4.3. Physically Constraining Tools for Grip Positions
4.4. Limitations and Future Directions and Practical Applications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Coaching Experience | ||
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Less (n = 140) | More (n = 86) | |
Gender (%) | ||
Male | 85.0 | 89.5 |
Female | 14.3 | 9.3 |
Not disclosed | 0.7 | 1.2 |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 34.4 ± 11.3 | 52.0 ± 10.6 |
Coaching time (years, mean ± SD) | 8.1 ± 4.6 | 28.4 ± 9.0 |
Coached age group (years, %) | ||
3 to 6 | 21.4 | 22.1 |
7 to 10 | 61.4 | 44.2 |
11 to 14 | 63.6 | 79.1 |
15 to 17 | 41.4 | 55.8 |
18+ | 42.1 | 48.8 |
Less Experienced | More Experienced | ||||||||||
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Level of Importance (1 Most; 5 Least) | TGP | PC | TD | CM | MP | TGP | PC | TD | CM | MP | p |
Percentage (%) | |||||||||||
1 | 37.2 | 8.6 | 40.7 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 29.1 | 5.8 | 46.5 | 11.5 | 7.1 | 0.584 |
2 | 21.5 | 12.1 | 42.8 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 19.7 | 5.9 | 34.9 | 30.3 | 9.2 | 0.092 |
3 | 21.4 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 44.3 | 7.8 | 17.5 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 41.7 | 16.3 | 0.371 |
4 | 9.3 | 35 | 5.1 | 24.2 | 26.4 | 14.0 | 33.6 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 36.0 | 0.087 |
* 5 | 10.6 | 28.6 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 56.5 | 19.7 | 41.7 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 31.4 | 0.008 * |
Experience Level | ||
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Developmental Concepts | Less | More |
Percentage (%) | ||
TGP | 30.7 | 23.3 |
PC | 22.9 | 15.1 |
TD | 45.0 | 39.5 |
CM | 30.0 | 31.4 |
MP | 46.4 | 54.7 |
Experience Level | p | ||
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Strokes and Grip Position Variables | Less | More | |
Percentage (%) | |||
Serve | 0.852 | ||
Continental | 93.6 | 93.9 | |
Forehand | 0.936 | ||
Eastern forehand | 48.6 | 48.8 | |
Western | 5.7 | 8.1 | |
Semi-western | 67.9 | 65.1 | |
Continental | 4.3 | 2.3 | |
Other | 5.0 | 9.3 | |
Double-handed backhand | 0.394 | ||
Continental/Eastern forehand | 59.3 | 47.7 | |
Continental/Semi-western | 25.7 | 31.4 | |
Eastern backhand/Semi-western | 12.9 | 14.0 | |
Eastern backhand/Continental | 8.6 | 9.3 | |
Eastern backhand/Eastern forehand | 7.1 | 10.5 | |
Continental/Continental | 6.4 | 3.5 | |
Other | 5.7 | 7.0 | |
Perceived causes of reverting grip | 0.011 * | ||
Discomfort from suggested grip use | 58.1 | 50.0 | |
Hand grip not strong enough | 20.9 | 22.9 | |
They refuse to | 3.5 | 6.3 | |
Out of habit | 61.6 | 56.3 | |
Not confident | 44.2 | 20.8 | |
Other | 10.5 | 18.8 |
Age Range | Experience Level | |||||
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Serve | Forehand | Backhand | ||||
Less | More | Less | More | Less | More | |
Percentage (%) | ||||||
3 to 6 | 17.9 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 36.0 | 31.4 | 26.7 |
7 to 10 | 67.9 | 15.3 | 55.0 | 57.0 | 55.7 | 66.3 |
11 to 14 | 12.1 | 68.2 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 4.7 |
15 to 17 | 0.7 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
18+ | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
p | 0.946 | 0.936 | 0.446 |
Experience Level | p | ||||||
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Less | More | ||||||
Training Tool Scenario | Yes | Unsure | No | Yes | Unsure | No | |
Percentage (%) | |||||||
Learn | 51.5 | 35.1 | 13.6 | 44.1 | 36.0 | 19.7 | 0.392 |
Transfer | 43.0 | 43.8 | 13.2 | 49.3 | 39.1 | 11.6 | 0.703 |
Mean ± SD | |||||||
Likelihood of use | 64.2 ± 23.5 | 66.3 ± 24.2 | 0.532 |
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Busuttil, N.A.; Roberts, A.H.; Dunn, M.; Hyunh, M.; Middleton, K.J. Perceptions and Practices of Accredited Tennis Coaches When Teaching Foundational Grip Development. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 7127. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167127
Busuttil NA, Roberts AH, Dunn M, Hyunh M, Middleton KJ. Perceptions and Practices of Accredited Tennis Coaches When Teaching Foundational Grip Development. Applied Sciences. 2024; 14(16):7127. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167127
Chicago/Turabian StyleBusuttil, Nicholas A., Alexandra H. Roberts, Marcus Dunn, Minh Hyunh, and Kane J. Middleton. 2024. "Perceptions and Practices of Accredited Tennis Coaches When Teaching Foundational Grip Development" Applied Sciences 14, no. 16: 7127. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167127