Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Arak University, Academic member
2 Motor behavior and sport psychology Department, Sport Sciences Faculty, University of Arak, Arak, Iran
Abstract
The research aimed to study the effect of Purposeful play and Purposeful practice on learning of fundamental motor skills of 7–10-year-old boys. In this semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and a four-week follow-up period, 45 male students aged 7 to 10 from the Arak city were randomly selected to participate in the present study, and randomly divided into three groups of 15 Targeted game, targeted training and control were included. In the pre-test phase, the subjects' basic motor skills were measured using the Ulrich-3 test. In the pre-test phase, the subjects' basic motor skills were measured using the Ulrich-3 test. In the intervention phase, the subjects trained for 9 weeks (2 sessions of 60 minutes each week) on moving and ball skills based on the Ulrich motor development test 3 based on targeted training and targeted play. Immediately after the last training session and four weeks after the last training session, the post-test and follow-up stages were implemented, and the participants took the Ulrich-3 test. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures, Bonferroni and Tukey's post hoc test. The results showed that both training and purposeful games have a significant effect on the ball skills and movement of 7–10-year-old boys (P<0.05). Other results showed that the participants of the purposeful game had significantly higher ball and movement skills compared to the participants of the purposeful practice (P<0.05). In general, the results emphasize the importance of purposeful play on the basic motor skills of 7–10-year-old boys.
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