Analyses of the effects of an intervention program based on TARGET structure and “Escola da Bola” on the gross motor coordination

• Autor(a) principal: Vaz, Maria Clara Soares de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Campos, Wagner de, Kerkoski, Marcio José, Afonso, Gilmar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/25504
• topic: Desempenho Psicomotor; Intervenção; Criança; Child; Early Intervention; Psychomotor Performance

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the work were to analyze the effects of a new intervention program on gross motor coordination (GMC) of 5 and 10 year old children, diagnosed by the KTK battery test. METHODS: The program was carried out in 73 students, selected in an objective non-probabilistic way, aged between 5 and 10 years, from a municipal education network in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, divided into two groups: Control Group (CG=35) and Intervention Group (IG=38). CMG was assessed before and after the intervention using the KTK test battery. The intervention program consisted in 12 weeks of activities based on the structures of the Mastery-Oriented Motivation Technique (TARGET), and the book “Escola da Bola – Um ABC para Iniciantes nos Jogos Esportivos”. The effects were tested using the Cohen test and t-test (dependent and independent). RESULTS: In the dependent t-test, statistically significant differences were found on the IG, from the first to the second moment, in all tests (d≥0.80). The IG achieved a significant improvement over the 12 weeks (p<0,05), while in the CG there were no statistically significant differences. In the independent t-test, in the pre-intervention moment (1st Moment), significant differences (p<0,05) were found on the four tasks, in favor of the CG. In the post-intervention moment, statistically significant differences were not observed between the IG and CG. CONCLUSION: It follows that an intervention program, lasting 12 weeks, using the games of “Escola da Bola” together with “TARGET”, brings significant improvements in children’s coordinative performance, between 5 and 10 years old.