The Effect of Rhythmic Rebounding Exercises on Children's Motor Proficiency and Motivation

Mohammadzadeh, Hasan; Yousefi, Elaheh

doi:10.22059/jsmdl.2023.351414.1688

The Effect of Rhythmic Rebounding Exercises on Children's Motor Proficiency and Motivation

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

Authors

Hasan Mohammadzadeh ¹

Elaheh Yousefi ²

¹ Department of Motor Behavior, and Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran .

² Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management,, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Urmia University , Urmia, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsmdl.2023.351414.1688

Abstract

Introduction: Growth is an uninterrupted, permanent, and continuous process and includes different dimensions. This study aimed to investigate the effect of rhythmic rebounding exercises on children's motor proficiency and motivation with a 6-month follow-up period.
Methods: The current research was quasi-experimental with a pretest and posttest design. The statistical population was 9-10 years old children of Tabriz city, from which 30 people were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The pre-test included the Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency and the Children's Movement Motivation questionnaire. The experimental group performed the exercises on the rebounder for eight weeks, and the control group did not receive any intervention.Then, the post-test was conducted similarly to the pre-test. After six months period,a retention test was taken from participants of both groups. Statistical analysis was performed using mixed model Analysis of Variance at a significance level of 0.05 via SPSS version 24 software.
Results: The results showed that the rhythmic rebounding exercises had a significant effect on the motor proficiency and motivation of 9-10 years old children so 95% of changes in gross motor skill and 98% of changes in children's movement motivation were probably influenced by the rebounding exercises.
Conclusion: Jumping is a fundamental activity in children's motor development and motivation provides inner force for movement. According to the findings of this research, since rhythmic activities can create motivation for movement and sports activities develop motor skills, it is crucial to provide the necessary equipment and measures for children to use these exercises.

Keywords

Children

Jumping Fitness. Motor development

Motor Motivation

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