Abstract
A learning-sequence rating form for the slice tennis serve was developed and validated. Six skill components were identified and served as the basis for evaluation. Movement characteristics for observable learning stages were also described. The videotaped serving actions of 81 tennis players of different ability were then evaluated independently by trained raters using the rating form developed. A measure of the rating form's reliability was obtained using the intraclass correlation method (R) described by Baumgartner and Jackson in 1987. Content-related evidence for validity was also obtained. Intraclass reliability coefficients ranged from .70 to .96 across the six skill components identified in the final rating form. The tennis serve rating form provides researchers and coaches a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating tennis serving performance at various stages of learning.
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