Design and validation of an observational instrument for the technical-tactical actions in singles tennis

Torres Luque, Gema; Fernández García, Ángel Iván; Cabello Manrique, David; Giménez Egido, José María; Ortega Toro, Enrique

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Design and validation of an observational instrument for the technical-tactical actions in singles tennis

dc.contributor.author	Torres Luque, Gema
dc.contributor.author	Fernández García, Ángel Iván
dc.contributor.author	Cabello Manrique, David
dc.contributor.author	Giménez Egido, José María
dc.contributor.author	Ortega Toro, Enrique
dc.contributor.department	Actividad Física y Deporte
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-21T11:02:48Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-21T11:02:48Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12-03
dc.description	© 2018 The Authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Frontiers in Psychology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02418
dc.description.abstract	The competitive performance in tennis practice is determined by the effectiveness of technical tactical action. The main objective of the present study was to design and validate an observational instrument with the aim of analysing the technical-tactical in singles tennis. The instrument uses the stroke as a unit of measure, so that each time a player hits a ball, a total of 23 variables are analyzed. The variables collect information about: (a) matching context; (b) result; and (c) technical-tactical information of the stroke (five variables: sequences of the stroke of the point, kind of technical and tactical stroke, bounce area, hitting, and effectiveness area). The design and validation of the instrument consisted on five different stages: (a) review of the scientific literature and variables definition by experts, (b) pilot observation study, (c) qualitative and quantitative assessment of the instrument by experts, (d) review and confirmation of the instrument by experts (content validity), and (e) observation training and reliability evaluation. From 23 expert judges, divided into three panels, and four observers the instrument went from being composed of 38 variables (eight contextual, seven related to the result and 23 related to the game) to 23 (eight contextual variables, 10 of result and five of game), with minimum Aikens’s V values of 0.94 and reliability of 0.81. The results show that the designed instrument allows obtaining valid and objective information about the technical-tactical actions of the players and their performance in singles tennis.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers in Psychology, 2018, Vol. 9: 2418
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02418
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1664-1078
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/145503
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Frontiers Media	es
dc.relation	This work was supported by the Ministry economy and competitiveness, Spain, under Grant DEP2016-76873-P. This work was supported by the Ministry economy, industry and competitiveness, Spain, under Grant DEP2017-90641-REDT.	es
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dc.rights	Atribución 4.0 Internacional	*
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dc.subject	Performance	es
dc.subject	Evaluation	es
dc.subject	Tennis	es
dc.subject	Match analysis	es
dc.subject	Observational methodology	es
dc.title	Design and validation of an observational instrument for the technical-tactical actions in singles tennis	es
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