Mobile Games as a Means of Developing Motor Qualities in Tennis Training

Abstract

In many methods in different sports, mobile games are used to improve the motor abilities of adolescents. We have developed and tested a methodology based on mobile games in tennis training. The study aims to optimize the physical preparation of the 10 years old boys who are training tennis in school in an extracurricular form of education through the tools of the moving games. The оbject of study are 40 boys, 10 years old (3rd grade) divided into two groups of 20 children - experimental and control. The subject of the study are the signs of physical development and motor skills. To establish the effectiveness of the applied methodology, testing was carried out twice with all participants in the study (at the beginning and the end of the experimental period) on six tests, two physical development indicators, and BMI. The results were subjected to mathematical and statistical processing by Variation analysis, Comparative t-criterion of Student, BMI. The analysis of the results shows that, at the end of the experiment, the experimental group has higher achievements in all studied indicators. Unlike the first test, however, in which there were insignificant differences between the two groups in the level of development of the studied traits, in the second test - the ratio changed in favor of the experimental group. It can be argued with a high guarantee probability that the specific work with the means of mobile games applied by us has led to a significant increase in the level of development of the boys in the experimental group speed endurance, the explosive force of the lower limbs, both in vertical and horizontal efforts. As the main conclusion of the study, we could conclude that the experiment, through the means of mobile games in general, has positively influenced the development of basic motor skills, physical ability, and health status of students.