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The practice of Taekwondo as a predictor motor abilities

Research was conducted on a sample of 50 male and female students attending first grade of primary school (approximate age was 7 years). The children were divided into two subgroups according to the criterion of their participation in taekwondo as an extracurricular kinesiology related activity. One subsample consisted of children who were not involved in any extracurricular kinesiology related activity and had never done any sports, their only kinesiology related activity being physical and health education lessons. The second subsample consisted of children who were training taekwondo for one hour twice a week in addition to regular attendance at physical and health education lessons. The aim of the research was to determine the differences in motor variables and their system between the subsamples defined on the basis of participation in the above mentioned extracurricular activity. Descriptive statistics for 5 motor variables, confirmed by univariate and multivariate confirmative method of data processing ("t" test and linear discriminant analysis) showed significant differences in the results obtained for motor tests, hand and foot tapping, long jump, sit-ups, sit-and-reach. Based on the results, acknowledging all the possible limitations pertaining to their interpretation, we can point out the need for the inclusion of pupils at primary education level into different organizational forms of exercise, since physical and health education lessons, which cannot be fully compensated in any way, are simply not sufficient for achieving the set objectives and cannot adequately meet the requirements of the modern living conditions. Dealing with this issue has become particularly important in the context of the modern trend characterized by a decrease in any form of physical activity and insufficient time spent in organized exercise. Creating a habit of daily exercise is the primary educational objective, the prerequisite for which is the basic organizational form of exercise, i.e. physical education lessons, but also involvement of students and young people in other organizational forms of exercise as a special contribution to the individualization, but also the realization of the objectives set within the field of physical and health education.

martial arts; kinesiology related activities; motor abilities; extracurricular activities; organizational forms of exercise

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