Open AccessNORMATIVE BASIS FOR EVALUATION OF COORDINATION ABILITIES OF 9-10 YEAR OLD PUPILS
Author(s) -
Nikolina M. Tankusheva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-4439
pISSN - 1857-923X
DOI - 10.35120/kij3204411t
Subject(s) - normative , psychology , test (biology) , pace , motor coordination , developmental psychology , multi stage fitness test , political science , physical fitness , medicine , physical therapy , paleontology , geodesy , psychiatry , law , biology , geography
Motor abilities, including coordination abilities, represent fundamental prerequisite for future high performance in the field of physical education and sport. In primary school age the foundation is laid for further development of coordination abilities, as well as to acquire knowledge, skills and habits to practice coordination exercises. This 9-10 years old period is called the "golden age" in relation with the pace of development of these abilities.The aim of this research is to establish the actual status of the coordination abilities of the third grade pupils in Bulgaria and draw up a normative table for control and evaluation on its basis. 1073 children, at the age of 9 and 10 years, including 564 boys and 509 girls in third grade, from 13 Bulgarian primary schools have been tested, using the test battery of Hirtz et al. (1985): Тest 1: Backwards ball throw at a target; Test 2: Long jump test (1 м); Test 3: Orientation shuttle run test aiming at numbered targets. To evaluate the status of each of the indicators examined the so-called Six Sigma method was applied and a normative table for the coordination abilities was developed, respectively for boys and girls. The average level of the pupils who participated in the test responds to rating 4.0