Open AccessInfluence of Taekwondo on Flexibility Development in Boys of Primary School Age
Author(s) -
Н. М. Санжарова,
Margarita Popova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
teorìâ ta metodika fìzičnogo vihovannâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1993-7997
pISSN - 1993-7989
DOI - 10.17309/tmfv.2015.2.1137
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , psychology , mathematics education , set (abstract data type) , physical education , physical development , medical education , physical therapy , developmental psychology , medicine , computer science , mathematics , statistics , programming language
Research objective. To experimentally prove the effectiveness of the use of Taekwondo means for flexibility development in boys of primary school age. To solve the tasks set, the study used the following methods: analysis of scientific and methodical literature; pedagogical observation; pedagogical testing, methods of mathematical statistics.Conclusions. The level of flexibility development in the boys of primary school age attending taekwondo classes for 2.9 ± 0.8 years (experimental group) is significantly higher than that of their peers (control group) whose physical activity is limited to physical training classes at school and periodic training in sports clubs at school (p < 0.05 — p < 0.001).