The influence of analogy instruction and motion rule instruction on the learning process of junior tennis players

Meier, Christopher; Fett, Janina; Gröben, Bernd

doi:10.1007/s12662-019-00589-y

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“…To analyze mental representation structures of the tennis serve, an SDA-M was conducted. More specifically, the SDA-M proceeds in four steps: (1) a split procedure delivering a distance scaling between the BACs of a suitably predetermined set, (2) a hierarchical cluster analysis used to outline the structure of the 1 The presented paper is based on the same sample described in Meier et al (2019), but deals with different research questions and variables. 2 Velocity and accuracy are determining factors to assess tennis serve performance.…”

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“…Performance Mean radial error (MRE) was calculated to determine the distance between the target and where, on average, the balls landed (Hancock et al, 1995). The location of a shot in relation Meier et al (2019)].…”

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“…An analogy thus uses an image that already stands for a structurally similar movement and its effects, and evokes a mental image (Van Duijn et al, 2019b). As opposed to analogies, explicit instructions provide precise technical step-bystep instructions for movement execution including specific body positions or required movements (Schlapkohl and Raab, 2016;Meier et al, 2019).…”

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“…In numerous studies, the effect of analogy instruction has been compared to the effect of explicit instruction on athletes' performance. Both types of verbal instruction have been found to improve athletes' performance (e.g., Masters et al, 2008;Lam et al, 2009a,b;Bobrownicki et al, 2015;Meier et al, 2019).…”

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“…While studies to date have focused on performance improvements and motor learning, the impact of verbal instructions on athletes' cognitive learning processes has not been subject to much empirical analysis. The concept of chunking (Poolton and Masters, 2014) may contribute to the explanation of the effectiveness and the ambiguous results in learning with different types of instruction. In the concept of chunking, "meaning associations emerge between recurring bits of information that are grouped together and coded as chunks.…”

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Verbal Instructions and Motor Learning: How Analogy and Explicit Instructions Influence the Development of Mental Representations and Tennis Serve Performance

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To better understand the benefits of using analogy and explicit instructions, the underlying cognitive mechanism remains to be explored. The concept of chunking provides a promising approach to the cognitive mechanism of instructions and can be approximated by analyzing athletes' mental representations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of analogy and explicit instructions on performance and the cognitive representations of the tennis serve in intermediate participants over the course of a 5-week training period. Junior tennis players (N = 44; M = 11.5 years) were tested on their tennis serve and, based on their initial performance and their individual error patterns, assigned to one of three groups: an analogy group (N = 15), an explicit group (N = 15), or a control group (N = 14). Their performance and their mental representation structures were assessed prior to and after the 5-week training period and again after a retention period of 14 days. Independent of group, findings demonstrated higher velocity from pretest to posttest. Participants in both the analogy and the explicit group showed enhanced accuracy over time and more functional mental representation structures. Thus, both analogy instruction and explicit instruction helped to structure mental representations in their long-term memory.

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