The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of goal orientation on physical
self-efficacy and commitments for tennis club members. And the instrument for data collection
were a questionnaire in which goal orientation as identified by Sung et al.(2003) and physical
self-efficacy as identified by Hong(1995) and commitments as identified by Jung(2004). 400
subjects were selected from tennis club members in Daegu by the random sampling method.
Among these selected subjects, 355 responded, and data analyses consisted of employing
correlation analysis and multi-regression analysis using SPSS 14.0. The following results were
obtained. First, among the sub-scales of physical self-efficacy, man showed higher perceived
physical ability than that of woman. and among the sub-scales of commitment, man showed
higher behavioral commitment than that of woman. Second, the longer the period of participation,
there was showed the highest perceived physical ability in the physical self-efficacy and showed
the highest cognition commitment and behavioral commitment in the commitment. Forth, among
the sub-scales of goal orientation, task orientation had positive an effect on physical
self-presentation confidence and perceived physical ability. and ego orientation had negative an
effect on physical self-presentation confidence. but ego orientation had positive an effect on
perceived physical ability. Fifth, among the sub-scales of goal orientation, task orientation had
positive an effect on cognitive commitment and behavioral commitment. Sixth, among the
sub-scales of physical self-efficacy, both physical self-presentation confidence and perceived
physical ability had positive an effect on cognitive commitment. and perceived physical ability had
positive an effect on behavioral commitment, but not on cognitive commitment.