The effect of a period of developmental gymnastics exercises on the development of motor skills of children in the field of gymnastics

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Master student of corrective movements, Bu Ali Sina University of Hamadan

2 Master student of motor behavior in Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to study the effect of a developmental gymnastics program on the development of children 's gymnastics skills in primary school male students. Participants in this study consisted of all healthy and non-athlete male students in the first grade of elementary school in Tehran who are studying in 1998-99. Using the available sample method, 30 people were selected based on the Individual Characteristics Questionnaire, and after the pre-test, they were randomly divided into 3 groups of 10 using the Ulrich 2016 Coarse Motor Growth Test checklist. The first group performed a well-proportioned developmental gymnastics program in 8 weeks of 2 sessions, each session lasting 45 minutes. During this period, the second group performed physical education activities in schools and the third group did not perform any activities. Finally, a post-test was performed and the results were recorded. Using K_S test, the normality of the distributions was checked and analysis of covariance was used to compare the groups, and the significance level of the data was considered p

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