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The purpose of this research was to examine the permanency and effect of core stability short term training on static and dynamic balance in children with development of balance. To conduct this study, 30 male students with mean age 8.5 year from the first grade of primary school were selected among 162 students through Bruininks- Oseretsky motor skill test (BOT-2) and then they were random assignment into two groups (experimental and control groups, each group (15 subjects). The control group has traditional sport training class. Before performing the core stability training, the static and dynamic balances of participants were measured by "Romberg" and Y- Balance. The experimental group performed the core stability training for eight weeks, and then they stopped training for four weeks, after that study variable were measured again. The findings were analyzed by one- way analysis of Covariance method. Findings indicated a significant effect of core stability training on balance in experimental group. Respect to the results of this research, it can be concluded that the core stability training programs has a short time and longtime effect on the children's motor performance. One of the suggestions of this research is that core stability training be used to enhance motor capability of children, specially balancing.

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