Targeted teaching method combined with stepped assessment in public tennis lessons

Area of Science:

• Sports Science
• Educational Psychology

Background:

• University physical education programs often face challenges in student engagement and skill mastery.
• Traditional teaching methods may not adequately cater to diverse learning needs in sports like tennis.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined goal-based teaching technique and phased evaluation method in college tennis classes.
• To assess the impact of this pedagogical approach on students' technical skills, physical fitness, and learning motivation.

Main Methods:

• A randomized controlled trial involving 200 university students in public physical education tennis classes.
• Division into an experimental group (n=100) using the combined method and a control group (n=100).
• Assessment of forehand/backhand strokes, technical movements, fitness, and learning interest/motivation.

Main Results:

• Significant improvements were observed in the experimental group compared to the control group across all measured variables.
• Key improvements included forehand and backhand strokes, technical execution, physical fitness, and enhanced learning interest and motivation.
• The combined teaching strategy positively impacted fundamental tennis skills and student engagement.

Conclusions:

• The integration of goal-based teaching and phased evaluation is an effective strategy for enhancing tennis instruction in university settings.
• This approach can significantly boost students' fundamental tennis skills, physical fitness, and intrinsic motivation to learn.
• The findings support the adoption of this combined pedagogical method in public sports classes to improve learning outcomes.