This study aimed to investigate the role of creative cognitive abilities in enhancing skill performance accuracy in tennis by examining the relationship between these abilities and the accuracy of selected basic tennis skills. The descriptive correlational method was adopted due to its suitability for the nature and objectives of the study. The research sample consisted of students from the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. Data were collected using a creative cognitive abilities scale developed based on the principles of lateral thinking, in addition to standardized skill accuracy tests for tennis, including the serve, forehand groundstroke, and backhand groundstroke. Statistical analysis was conducted using the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results indicated that the participants possessed a good level of creative cognitive abilities and revealed a positive, statistically significant relationship between these abilities and skill performance accuracy, with the strongest correlation observed in the forehand skill. The study concluded that enhancing creative cognitive abilities contributes effectively to improving skill performance accuracy in tennis.
Hamza et al. (Fri,) studied this question.