the impact of skill level matching in cooperative dyadic interaction on learning table tennis forehand skills among adolescent girls

Background: dyad training is one of the new practicing methods which has received growing attention due to its increasing practice efficiency in skills. objective: the present study aims to investigate the impact of skill level matching in cooperative dyadic interaction on learning forehand table tennis skills in adolescent girls. methods: participants were selected based on convenience sampling from among 24 junior high school girls in nahavand city, and were randomly divided into two groups of novice- novice and novice-expert. both groups performed six sessions of participatory dyad training with their respective arrangement (novice- novice, novice- expert), each session consisting of 20 sets of 3-minute with a 1-minute rest time between the sets. using table tennis forehand shot accuracy test, the motor performance was measured in the pre-test, post-test, retention and transfer stages (merely forehand performance with increasing throwing speed of ball launcher machine). results: the results revealed that both novice-novice and novice-expert groups displayed significant progress learning of table tennis forehand skills. moreover, the novice-expert performed better in the post-test, retention and transfer stages in comparison to the novice-novice group. conclusions: as a result, novice-expert arrangement facilitates learning table tennis forehand skill more than novice-novice arrangement during participatory dyad training.