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Introduction and Aim: Tennis, which is popular throughout the world, is regarded as a sport in which anaerobic power-capacity, durability, balance and strength dominate. Also physical characteristics of tennis athletes are important for this sport. Some kinantropometric factors of the athletes are known to have an effect on tennis stroke performances. In this context, the aim of this study is to examine some kinantropometric variables and forehand-backhand techniques of 10-12 age group tennis players. Method: A total of 12 volunteer male tennis players participated in the study. Body length, body weight and some kinanthropometric measurements were taken (femur length, back shoulder diameter, full shoulder diameter, biceps circumference, elbow circumference, wrist circumference, hand length, hand width, hand lengths and thumb length). Brother-Miller backhand and forehand test were used to identify tenancy-specific skills. Findings: Correlations analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between forehand scores and height (p=0,021), weight (p=0,020), arm span (p=0,022), full shoulder (p=0,049), biceps circumference (p=0,029), elbow circumference(p=0,020), hand length(p=0,026), and thumb length(p=0,045). while no relation was found between backhand stroke scores and other variables (p> 0,05 ). Discussion-Conclusion: The anthropometric features of the tennis player play a decisive role during the game. In this context, it is also important to transform the talents transferred to the tennis ball. The forehand and backhand strokes performed by the athlete in front of the net or on the baseline and the kinantropetric advantages play an important role in the release of force and energy. There have been many studies in the literature showing situations where there may be a high correlation between anthropometric features and tennis stroke techniques. The results of this study; height, weight, full shoulder diameter, biceps circumference, elbow circumference, hand length, thumb length are important factors in determining the quality of tenion-specific skills.

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