The impact of gymnastics on children’s physical self-concept and movement skill development in primary schools
Rudd, J.R., Barnett, L.M., Farrow, D., Berry, J., Borkoles, E. and Polman, R. 2017, The impact of gymnastics on children’s physical self-concept and movement skill development in primary schools, Measurement in physical education and exercise science, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 92-100, doi: 10.1080/1091367X.2016.1273225.
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The impact of gymnastics on children’s physical self-concept and movement skill development in primary schools
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week gymnastics curriculum on children’s movement competence and their physical self-concept. There were 113 children (46% girls, 49% intervention) with a mean age of 9.4 years (SD = 1.8) that participated. Intervention children underwent 8 weeks of gymnastics and the comparison group continued with their standard curriculum. Age was a significant co-variate, a separate analysis was conducted on the lower (grades 2 and 4) and upper (grade 6) groups. The lower age group showed significant improvement in favor of the gymnastic group in fundamental movement skills. The upper age group showed a significant improvement for the control group in general body coordination and fundamental movement skills. For all grades, the physical self-concept showed a significant main effect in favor of the gymnastics group. The gymnastics intervention was found to be of particular benefit for developing children’s movement competence and physical self-concept in younger children.
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