Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
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The effect of Purposeful challenge Games on motor proficiency of children with developmental coordination disorder: an application of challenge point framework

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Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

Arash Saeedi 1
Marziye Balali 2
Shahab Parvinpour 3
Negar arazeshi 4

1 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University , Tehran, Iran.

3 Department of Sport Management and Movement Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences , Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsmdl.2025.394074.1840
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of Purposeful challenging games on motor proficiency in children with developmental coordination disorder. ‎The current research is semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design. The statistical population of the present study included children with developmental coordination disorder in Karaj with an age range of 8-9 years. For this purpose, a number of 45 people were selected by available and targeted sampling method and after obtaining written consent, they were randomly assigned to one of the two groups of challenging and non-challenging games. The tools used in this research were the Persian version of the DCD questionnaire, the MABC test and the TGMD-3 test. The implementation method was as follows: first, the TGMD-3 pre-test was taken from the subjects, then the research intervention was conducted in a challenging and non-challenging manner for a period of 10 weeks, 2 times a week and 45 minutes. After completing the intervention, the TGMD-3 post-test was taken from the subjects again. The data was analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of covariance. The results of this research showed that there was a significant difference between the impact of challenging games compared to non-challenging in motor proficiency; that this difference was in favor of the challenge group (sig=0.001). The results of this research support the viewpoint of the challenge point framework. Therefore, due to the greater effectiveness of challenge games,

Keywords

challenge game
motor proficiency
children with developmental coordination disorder
challenge point framework
Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 July 2025

  • Receive Date 25 April 2025
  • Revise Date 08 July 2025
  • Accept Date 08 July 2025

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