Student Thoughts during Tennis Instruction
in Journal of Teaching in Physical EducationBy purchasing this content you agree and accept the terms and conditions
Thirty fourth-grade students were provided two 30-min lessons on the tennis forehand ground stroke. The students and the teacher were videotaped, and, following each lesson, the students were interviewed using a stimulated-recall procedure. Frequency measures of successful practice trials were also coded for each student during each practice session. Analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between skill-related thoughts and successful performance during class. The findings support the notion that student thoughts are important mediators between instruction and student response patterns.
The authors are with the Department of Kinesiology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
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