Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF NET HEIGHT SCALING ON STROKE OPPORTUNITY PERFORMANCE IN BADMINTON AMONG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Kota Pirak Henry,
Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin,
Pathmanathan K. Suppiah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.4320018
Subject(s) - repeated measures design , stroke (engine) , mathematics , demography , test (biology) , analysis of variance , psychology , scaling , medicine , statistics , engineering , geometry , mechanical engineering , paleontology , sociology , biology
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of net height scaling on badminton stroke opportunity performance among children. The study employed the experimental design with repeated measures. Randomly, 48 (n=48) children aged seven to nine years old have been selected to participate in the study. The participants were divided into 24 pairs (boys, n=12, girls, n=12) base on gender and skill level. Participants played four matches in paired with different net height situation, namely situation A (155 cm), situation B (127.66 cm), situation C (117.44 cm), and situation D (104.68 cm). The order of the four conditions counterbalances across the group of participants. All matches played using 11 points of a single game with two sets for every situation. Games performance data was collected via video recording. Data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA with repeated measures. Mauchly’s Test of Sphericity showed that there are significant differences in terms of stroke opportunity performance [F(2.30, 52.88)=30.37, p<.05]. Based on these results, children who played using modified net height recorded the highest stroke opportunities performance compared with the standard net height situation. This study showed that by manipulating the task constraints through net height scaling, can enhance the stroke opportunity performance among children aged seven to nine years old.