Gross motor coordination in junior tennis players

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2016-11-01

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Söğüt, Mustafa

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The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to determine the gross motor coordination performance levels of junior tennis players and (2) to analyse the effects of age and gender. Participants were junior male (n=50) and female (n=51) tennis players aged 6-14. Korperkoordinationstest fur Kinder (KTK) was used to assess the gross motor coordination of the participants. Results revealed that none of the participants performed lower than normal level in motor coordination. Besides, 40.6% of the participants performed above normal level. No gender differences were found on all subtests of KTK and also on total motor quotient. Although older players performed better on each test than their younger counterparts for the raw scores, no significant age effect was observed on motor quotient scores among different age groups.

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37589

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JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

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https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2016.1211311

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Department of Physical Education and Sports, Article

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M. Söğüt, “Gross motor coordination in junior tennis players,” JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES, pp. 2149–2152, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37589.