The effect of weekly indoor hockey classes, in the motor development of 8 to 10 years old children

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Nádia Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Toigo, Adriana Marques
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/3744
• topic: Motor Development; Hockey; Intervention; Desarrollo Motor; Hockey; Intervención.; Educação Física; Desenvolvimento Motor; Hóquei; Intervenção

Objective: To investigate the contributions of initiation to indoor hockey for motor development (fine motor skills, gross motor skills, balance, body scheme, spatial organization and temporal organization) of children from 8 to 10 years old and to compare them to children of the same age whose Physical Education did not include the initiation to this sport.Method: Twenty-one children (experimental group) underwent weekly hockey practice during Physical Education classes for 10 weeks and were compared to those whose classes did not include the teaching of this sport (control group, n = 30). The test used to evaluate the motor development was the Motor Development Scale, which was applied before and after the intervention with hockey.Results: The experimental group presented statistically significant differences between pre and post-test in general motor age, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, body scheme/speed and general motor quotient, representing a decrease in the motor delay. In the post-test between groups, only the variable general motor quotient spatial organization presented difference.Conclusion: The indoor hockey practice as sport initiation in Physical Education classes showed potential to develop psychomotor aspects due to the diversity of its motor repertoire.