The effect of the learning contract strategy to learning the forehand and backhand shots of tennis for students

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the effect of the learning contracts strategy on learning the forehand and backhand shots in tennis for students. The researchers assumed that there is a positive effect of the learning contracts strategy on learning the forehand and backhand shots in tennis for students. As for the research methodology, the researchers used the experimental method in the style of two equal groups, control and experimental. The research population was determined by the students of the third stage in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Babylon for the academic year (2023-2024), who numbered (85) students. The research sample included (20) students who were chosen randomly and were divided into two groups, control and experimental, with (10) students. For each group, the experimental group used the learning contracts strategy, or the control group, and the curriculum followed by the professor was applied to it for (2) educational units for two weeks. The main section took (70 minutes), while the duration of the educational unit was (90) minutes. After completing the curriculum, post-tests were conducted and statistical treatments were used, after which the results were presented, analyzed and discussed. The researchers came out with a set of conclusions, including the emergence of development rates for the experimental group to which the learning contracts strategy was applied to learning the forehand and backhand shots in tennis for students. . Among the recommendations that the researchers seek to implement is the necessity of using the learning contracts strategy in teaching because it makes the student able to learn skills with less time and effort, develops his thinking and mental abilities, makes him more effective, and takes responsibility for his learning.