This study attempted to study on kinesthetic method for learning, transfer, and retention of forehand stroke of tennis. This especially focused on some effects of the Kinesthetic learning method for learning forehand stroke skill, transfer of backhand stroke skill and retention of the forehand skill gained of the tennis players.
Subjects of the study were 80 students of 7th grade (first school year of junior high school) sampled from Laboratory middle school, College of Education, Inha University located in Incheon City. The subjects were again grouped in to four, so students for each of the groups in accordance with their pre-test scores in order to make the group mean score equal.
Following were the experimental treatments provided differently to each of the subject groups during the two weeks of experimental period.
Group A. first one week with the eyes open and last one week with the eyes closed.
Group B. frist one week with the eyes closed and last one week with the eyes opened.
Group C. two weeks with the eyes closed.
Group D. two weeks with the eyes opend.
The results of the exprimental treatment were analyzed and compared among the four groups adopting analysis of variance skill.
Upon the statistical analysis, the finding outs of this study were as follows.
First, Group C which practiced forehand stroke with the eyes closed had much more high mean score achieved than Group D which was control group with the eyes opened. However, it was indicated that the significant mean difference between the two groups was statistically negligible.
Second, Group A which had one week with the eyes opened and then one week with the eyes closed, and Group B, one week with the eyes clouted and then one week with the eyes opened had meager mean score achieved than the control group (Group D).
Third, Three of the experimental group; Group A, B, and C had significantly more high mean score achieved in the backhand stroke skill at the end of the experimental treatment than the control group with the eyes opened during the two weeks practice.
It was indicated that the mean differences between the experimental and control groups were statistically very significant.
Lastly, the results of the rotation of forehand stroke skill tested after five days of the experimental treatment, revealed that three of the experimental group namely Group A, B, and C had remarkably less mean score achieved than the control group. The mean difference between the experimental and control groups was statistically very much significant.