Implementación de un programa de tenis para optimizar el aprendizaje psicomotriz en niños de 5 a 10 años.

Abstract

The teaching styles of sport are diverse, and currently, there are different theories that refer in depth about its importance. In this regard, the teaching of tennis assumes different orientations, from promoting gamebased teaching to the development of technique exercises. The research arose from a questioning about how tennis practice is programmed in sports training schools with children, whose objective was to optimize psychomotor learning in tennis classes for children from 5 to 10 years old, through the implementation of a program designed for this purpose. This is a qualitative and cross-sectional research, in which a test was used to evaluate psychomotor development at the beginning of the program, and later a control evaluation to determine changes in the selected subcategories. Although there are tests and instruments to assess psychomotor development, no tennis programs speacially oriented to psychomotor development were identified. The variables selected were body control, right and left awareness, dynamic balance, and handeye coordination. The results show significant improvements in: body control of 33.67% (α < 0.025); right and left awareness, increased by 126.60% (α < 0.005); dynamic balance increased the level by 26.82% (α < 0.1), and in handeye coordination values changed for the better by 44.74% (α < 0.1). In summary, there are highly significant contributions for the teaching of tennis in the program with very positive effects for the continuous improvement in psychomotor learning.