Adolesan Tenisçilerde Baskın Olmayan El İle Yapılan Antrenmanların Backhand Vuruşlarındaki İsabet Yüzdesine Etkisi

The Effect of Non-Dominant Hand Training on Backhand Accuracy in Adolescent Tennis Players

Seyfettin Atop , İlhan Şen, Deniz Bedir

*Correspondence: Seyfettin ATOP atopseyfettin@gmail.com

 ¹Atatürk Üniversitesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bölümü, atopseyfettin@gmail.com Orcid: 0000-0003-2293-4616

² Atatürk Üniversitesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bölümü, ilhan.sen@atauni.edu.tr

Orcid: 0000-0001-5798-5478

³Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bölümü, deniz.bedir@erzurum.edu.tr Orcid: 0000-0002-5926-3433

Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21126988

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Received / Gönderim: 27.04.2026 Accepted / Kabul: 22.06.2026 Published / Yayın: 23.06.2026

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Bu araştırmanın amacı, adolesan tenisçilerde baskın olmayan el ile yapılan antrenmanların backhand vuruşlarındaki isabet yüzdesine etkisini incelemektir. Araştırma, yarı deneysel desen kapsamında tek grup ön test–son test modeliyle yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya 13–18 yaş aralığında, en az üç yıllık tenis geçmişine sahip 14 sporcu katılmıştır. Sporcular altı hafta boyunca haftada beş gün düzenli tenis antrenmanına devam etmiş; her antrenmanın son bölümünde baskın olmayan el ile teknik ve koordinatif çalışmalar gerçekleştirmiştir. Performans değerlendirmesi çapraz isabet, paralel isabet, toplam isabet ve isabet yüzdesi değişkenleri üzerinden yapılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Wilcoxon işaretli sıralar testi, Mann–Whitney U testi ve Spearman korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular, tüm performans değişkenlerinde son test lehine anlamlı artış olduğunu göstermiştir. Gelişim puanları cinsiyete göre farklılaşmamıştır. Sonuç olarak, baskın olmayan el antrenmanlarının adolesan tenisçilerde backhand vuruş doğruluğunu geliştirmede etkili ve uygulanabilir bir yöntem olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar kelimeler: Tenis, adolesan, antrenman, backhand vuruş.

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of non-dominant hand training on the accuracy percentage of backhand strokes in adolescent tennis players. The study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design with a single-group pretest–posttest model. Fourteen athletes aged 13–18 years, each with at least three years of tennis experience, participated in the study. The athletes continued their regular tennis training five days per week for six weeks; in the final part of each training session, they performed technical and coordinative exercises with the non-dominant hand. Performance was evaluated using diagonal accuracy, parallel accuracy, total accuracy, and accuracy percentage variables. The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Mann–Whitney U test, and Spearman correlation analysis. The findings showed significant improvements in favor of the posttest in all performance variables. Improvement scores did not differ according to gender. In conclusion, non-dominant hand training was found to be an effective and applicable method for improving backhand stroke accuracy in adolescent tennis players.

Keywords: Tennis, adolescent, training, backhand stroke.

 

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Atop, S., Şen, İ., & Bedir, D. (2026). Adolesan tenisçilerde baskın olmayan el ile yapılan antrenmanların backhand vuruşlarındaki isabet yüzdesine etkisi. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), 3(2), 640–659. https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/v3-i2/ijoss-Volume3-issue2-16.pdf

Vancouver Atop S, Şen İ, Bedir D. Adolesan tenisçilerde baskın olmayan el ile yapılan antrenmanların backhand vuruşlarındaki isabet yüzdesine etkisi. Int J Health Exerc Sport Sci (IJOSS). 2026;3(2):640-659. Available from: https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/v3-i2/ijoss-Volume3-issue2-16.pdf

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