Sajjad Tarshizi Bargoei; Mehdi Shahbazi; Abuzar Darabi
Abstract
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of rich environment athome on the speed of acquisition progress in football dribbling skill of boys.The statistical population included children aged between 6 and 13 in district1, Tehran city. The present study was semi-experimental with pretestposttestdesign. ...
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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of rich environment athome on the speed of acquisition progress in football dribbling skill of boys.The statistical population included children aged between 6 and 13 in district1, Tehran city. The present study was semi-experimental with pretestposttestdesign. Based on the results of the distributed questionnaires, 30subjects were selected as the sample and were divided into two groups: richand non-rich. Firstly, both groups participated in football dribbling test as thepretest. Then, both rich and non-rich groups received training for 9 days andone session per day. At the end of each training session, both groupscompleted football dribbling test again. To compare the groups, the 2 × 9mixed analysis of covariance was used, and dependent t test was applied toexamine intragroup changes. Wilks Lambda index indicated that the effect ofenvironment on the speed of learning progress was significant(F(9&19)=3.27), P<0.014, correlation ratio=0.608). The rich group had ahigher speed of learning progress than the non-rich group. The comparisonof the training days of both groups showed that the rich group wassignificantly better than the non-rich group for all days except for day 4. Theresults of dependent t test showed a significant difference between pretestand day 9 in rich (P<0.001) and non-rich (P<0.001) groups. Overall, theseresults show that enriched home environment significantly improves thespeed of learning progress.