Original scientific paper
Can Kinesiological Activities Change »Pure« Motor Development in Preschool Children during One School Year?
Željko Krneta
orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-7673
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia
Cristina Casals
; University of Granada, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Biomedical Research Centre, Granada, Spain
Gustav Bala
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia
Dejan Madić
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia
Slobodan Pavlović
orcid.org/0000-0003-0114-4981
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia
Patrik Drid
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serbia
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an additional, organized, and more intensive kinesiological
treatment on »pure« motor abilities in preschool children. In the present study an experimental treatment was carried out
on a sample of 37 preschool boys by applying kinesiological activities. The 60 minute treatment was applied over a period
of one school year (9 months), twice a week. A control group of 31 boys were trained according to the regular program for
preschool institutions. Treatment effects were assessed by 8 motor ability tests and 5 anthropometric measures. The signifi
cant differences between the groups, which were observed after the fi nal measurement and compared to the initial one,
proved that the kinesiological treatment had a positive impact on the general development of »pure« motor abilities. The
most signifi cant effect of experimental kinesiological treatment was the improvement in whole body force, fl exibility and
coordination of preschool boys. These fi ndings, obtained only in one school year, point to the importance of physical exercise
and the application of additional kinesiological activities with various modalities, to improve motor development,
even morphological growth and development in preschool children. The effects of the perennial application of kinesiological
activities, under the supervision of kinesiological professionals, could be benefi cial and could form the basis for a
better biological and motor development in older age.
Keywords
physical exercise; preschool age; motor abilities; covariates; effects
Hrčak ID:
147610
URI
Publication date:
14.7.2015.
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