本研究旨在探討意象練習對羽球初學者羽毛球反手發短球的學習效果與保留效果的影響，以臺中市市立南屯區南屯國民小學六年級11-12歲男女學生共56人為實驗對象，以男女平均分配原則，隨機分派的方法，分成身體練習組、意象練習組、綜合練習組與控制組等4組，每組14人，經過7週14次的實驗介入後，在施以後測與後測一週之後的保留測驗，所得各項成績以SPSS 12.0中文版統計軟體，進行相依樣本t考驗分析各組的學習效果與保留效果及獨立樣本單因子變異數分析比較四組的學習效果與保留效果之差異。實驗研究結果發現：
一、身體練習組、意象練習組與綜合練習組的技能學習效果均達到顯著進步水準，而控制組則未達到顯著水準，其中以身體練習組學習效果最好，成績優於綜合練習組、意象練習組與控制組，綜合練習組則又優於意象練習組與控制組，意象練習組又優於控制組。
二、四組參與者對羽球反手發短球技能學習的保留效果，身體練習組、綜合練習組與控制組均達到顯著水準，而意象練習組則未達到顯著水準。其中以控制組保留效果最好，保留效果優於綜合練習組與意象練習組，綜合練習組則又優於意象練習組，但是身體練習組就沒有保留效果。

　　It is discussed that imagery training has an impact on those beginners about the learning effect and retaining effect of their short ball of badminton backhand. Take students of grade six in Nan Tuen Elementary School in Taichung city as an example, the number of students who are 11 or 12 years old amounts to 56. Based on the average distribution of men and women, students are randomly assigned into four groups：Physical training、imagery training、comprehensive training, and control group. Through 7-week-long 14 experimental interventions,14 embers in each group are post-tested, and after one week, they are tested above retainging effect. Then we use SPSS 12.0 Chinese version to calculate dependent t-test and Independent samples ANOVA on individual learning and memory in each group.The research reveals that：
1. Learning effects for those groups (physical training、imagery training、comprehensive training) achieve significant standards, but not for control group. Among four groups’ performance, the physical training group is best，the second good is the comprehensive training group，the third good is the imagery training group, and the worst one is the control group.
2. Retaining effects on skills of serving short ball of badminton backhand are different in four groups. Those groups (physical training、control、comprehensive training) achieve significant standards, but the imagery training group is excluded. The score of retaining effects comes best to the control group, the second good is the comprehensive training group, but the physical training group does not have any retaining effect.