| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 體育學系教學碩士班 === 97 === The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a continuous 12-week table tennis learning program on girls’ basic athletic abilities. The participants were 26 third graders by cluster sampling from Tainan Municipal Haidian Elementary School. Thirteen subjects were placed into experimental group or control group. The average age was 8.53 ± .22 years, height was 129.34 ± 5.59 cm, and weight was 26.87 ± 3.91 kg. The experimental group underwent a 12-week table tennis program, while the control group only received regular classes. The contents of the program composed of four stages: ball-handling practice, forehand and backhand fixed-point stroke practice, forehand and backhand foot-movement stroke practice, and lateral swaying foot-movement stroke practice. All the subjects were tested on upper extremity power (shuttlecock throw test), hand-eye coordination (soda pop can hand-eye coordination test), agility (sidestep test), upper extremity strength (grip strength test), and reaction capability (upper extremity gripping response and whole body reaction system test) before and after the program. The results were shown by descriptive statistics and analyzed by paired samples t-test and single factor covariant number analysis. The significant level was set at α=.05. After 12-week table tennis learning program, the experimental group was increased (p<.05) upper extremity strength and reaction capability significantly, but did not improve upper extremity power, agility, and hand-eye coordination. It seems girls could improve their basic athletic abilities especially on reaction even the exercise intensity is low.
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