Robabeh Rostami; Gholam Hosein Nazem Zadegan; Sousan Jabbary
Abstract
Although many researches have investigated the benefits of music in sport, few researches have studied the effect of music on movement recall. Thus, this study aimed to identify the effect of motivational music on information recall during the performance of a wrestling skill sequence. 24 male athletes ...
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Although many researches have investigated the benefits of music in sport, few researches have studied the effect of music on movement recall. Thus, this study aimed to identify the effect of motivational music on information recall during the performance of a wrestling skill sequence. 24 male athletes (mean age 21.6±0.9 yr, height 176.4±6.1 cm and weight 67.5±8.4) were trained in 30 skills of free style wrestling during 8 weeks (2 sessions/week, 100min/session) in the acquisition phase. After 5 days of acquisition, a list of 10 skills with (1-3-2-3-1) chunk based on serial coded recall procedures were presented to the subjects and they were asked to recall and perform the list after 2 minutes. The subjects’ scores of performance were evaluated based on the main list and a score was allocated to performance sequence. Then, subjects were divided into two groups randomly. In posttest, another list was presented to the groups with the similar chunk but the only difference was that experimental group had music (BMRI form selected by subjects, MP3, 192 , tempo>120, volume 50% max of player system) concurrently with their performance. Data were analyzed by t student tests (dependent and paired and α=0.05). Findings showed that experimental group achieved higher scores in recall phase of freestyle wrestling techniques than the control group (p=0.007).It can be concluded that music as a motivational factor in recalling skill sequences can influence the performance of wrestling techniques when
Robabeh Rostami; Gholamhossien Nazemzadegan; Sousan Jabbari
Abstract
Psychological and educational findings show that preschool years play a very
important role in educating and developing children. One of the dimensions of
development is motor development. The survey of motor performance with respect
to anthropometric characteristic is of utmost importance. Thus, ...
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Psychological and educational findings show that preschool years play a very
important role in educating and developing children. One of the dimensions of
development is motor development. The survey of motor performance with respect
to anthropometric characteristic is of utmost importance. Thus, the aim of this
study was to survey the relationship between dimensional anthropometric
characteristic and motor performance and to determine the difference in motor
performance in all preschool children from Shiraz city (157 boys and girls aged
between 3 and 6). The method of this research was analytical descriptive.
Demographic information form, (AC) recording sheet and motor performance test
were used to collect data. One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and t
test were used to analyze the data. The results showed significant differences
between girls and boys in vertical jump (F=25.47, df=2, P?0.000) and horizontal
jump (F=14.15, df=2, P?0.000). 5-year-old subjects were stronger in vertical jump
and 4-year-old subjects in horizontal jump. Also, boys were better in vertical jump
(t=1.70, df=155, P?0.008) and ball throwing (t=1.98, df=155, P?0.030). In
investigation of the relationship between dimensional AC and motor performance,
weight and length dimension showed the highest relationship. The results showed
the gradual increment of muscular strength parallel with age. Gender difference
observed in some variables necessitates more research. It is suggested that other
samples and tools be used in anthropometric characteristics.