Effect of Music on Mental and Physical Performance in Young Tennis Players

Effect of Music on Mental and Physical Performance in Young Tennis Players : a Pre-experimental Study

Optimal athletic performance is the result of a synergy between physical abilities and mental skills. Faced with increasing pressure in the world of tennis, athletes are constantly seeking new methods to optimize their performance. Music is a non-pharmacological tool that has demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing anxiety and improving sports performance. This innovative study explores the use of music as a tool to enhance the physical and mental abilities of young Tunisian tennis players. The results of this research could revolutionize training practices and offer new tools to help athletes reach their full potential.

Work objectives: Evaluate the impact of a musical intervention on the physical and mental performance of athletes, particularly young tennis players.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Physical Performances; Mental Performances
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Music intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Saoussen Layouni, Associate Professor; Phone Number: +216 52 78 51 63; Email: layouni.saoussen@FAMSO.u-sousse.tn

Study Locations

• Tunisia
  • Sousse, Tunisia, 4000
    • TUN
    • Contact: Saoussen Layouni, Associate Professor; Phone Number: +216 52 78 51 63; Email: layouni.saoussen@FAMSO.u-sousse.tn

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Competitive category : Participants must be regular tennis players (number of hours per week) who engage in organized tennis activities (e.g., regular training or participation in competitions).
• Agreement to participate: Participants (players and/or their legal representatives) who agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Player's age <10 and > 18 years.
• Non-regular young tennis players (Recreational category): Participants who do not engage in tennis practice regularly.
• Diagnosed psychiatric disorder
• Hearing disorder Severe hearing impairments and certain types of tinnitus. Severe neurological disorders: auditory epilepsy and musicogenic epilepsy (audiogenic seizures are a rare neurological condition characterized by seizures triggered by auditory stimulation).

Amusia and musical deafness (a neurological anomaly where rhythm, melody, and musical chords are not perceived).

Specific psychological issues. Personal sensitivities to certain types of music. History of trauma related to music (intense emotional reactions to certain types of music).

• Refusal to participate: Participants (players and/or their legal epresentatives) who refuse to participate in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Child and adolescents tennis players; child and adolescent tennis players in the competitive category who are enrolled in the tennis club of La Marsa, Tunis in Tunisia and regularly engage in tennis practice.

Behavioral: Music intervention; experimental controlled study will be conducted at the La Marsa tennis club in Tunis, Tunisia, utilizing a rigorous methodology to collect data from competitive young tennis players aged 12-18. This study employs a three-phase design: first, participants' musical preferences are profiled to create personalized music sequences; second, their mental performance is evaluated through pre- and post-intervention questionnaires measuring perception of success, emotional state, emotion regulation, and flow, with a 45-minute training session followed by a music-accompanied exercise; and third, physical performance is assessed using a battery of tests for muscular strength, endurance, agility, and flexibility, conducted both with and without music to determine its impact. Data collection will be done using a questionnaire that has been developed based on the literature.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Perception of Success Questionnaire	Perception of Success Questionnaire was designed to measure goal orientation. It is one of the most frequently cited questionnaires on motivation in sport A, B : Strongly agree, C : neutral , D,E : strongly disagree	before and immediately after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine, Sousse

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): June 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 3, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): April 6, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 6, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 3, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical performance; Music; concentration; mental training; ,stress management
• Other Study ID Numbers: Department of physical medicin

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No