Assessment of the Impact of One-Year Training in Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll on Overall Motor Coordination in Eight-Year-Old Children

• Authors: Robert Walaszek , Tomasz Nosal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Background: The purpose of the research was to assess the level of overall motor coordination in children practising sport dance - namely, acrobatic rock'n'roll - against the background of their peers who did not dance. The evaluation also included the lateral differentiation of overall motor coordination and skills of kinaesthetic movement differentiation.Material/Methods: The research was conducted in a group of 64 persons aged eight. The research group consisted of thirty children who had practised acrobatic rock'n'roll for a year. The clinical control group was formed by nineteen schoolgirls and fifteen schoolboys who did not practise any sport dance. The research participants' motor coordination level was evaluated by means of a test with the use of Starosta's coordination-meter. The same test was used to assess the lateral differentiation of the turning jump and to evaluate the participants' skill of kinaesthetic movement differentiation.Results: After one year of practice the research group achieved better results as far as their skills of kinaesthetic differentiation and of movement symmetrisation were concerned.Conclusions: After one-year training, both the boys and girls who practiced sport dance showed a higher level of overall motor coordination than non-training children of the same age.

Keywords

EN

sport dance; acrobatic rock'n'roll; motor coordination; children

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 90-99

Dates

received

1 - 1 - 2014

accepted

1 - 6 - 2014

online

15 - 7 - 2014

Contributors

author

Robert Walaszek

• University School of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland Department of Leisure and Biological Recreation

author

Tomasz Nosal

• Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll Club Podwawelski Krakow, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/bjha-2014-0009