Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.69589/hsv.39.2.5
Effect of basketball training on motoric abilities in individuals with intellectual disabilities
Andro Matković
; Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Merkur University Hospital
Tomislav Rupčić
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology
Thomas Ferenc
; Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Merkur University Hospital
Igor Božić
; University of Banja Luka Faculty of Sport, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Bojan Matković
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology
Saša Janković
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, Clinical hospital „Sv. Duh“
Abstract
This study aimed to examine the effects of basketball training in adolescents with intellectual disabilities on their basic motor abilities, speed, strength, balance, and coordination. For this aim 70 boys (aged 16 – 19 years) who were attending one of four Special Education Centres in Zagreb and Karlovac, all classified as light or mild ID according to their intelligence quotient of ≤ 70, were divided into two groups which underwent 6 months of supervised physical activity program. The experimental group (EG, N=34) had three times a week one hour of special basketball training, while the control group (CG, N=36) had three regular physical education classes prescribed by the plan and program of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia. Both groups were tested with a battery of 12 tests to evaluate their basic motor abilities at the start and the end of the experiment. The final results of the study led to the conclusion that the size of the changes from the initial to the final state is different for the groups that were subjected to different treatments. The group subjected to basketball training showed a greater sensitivity to kinesiology treatment, that is, this treatment produced a greater effect on the subjects’ basic motor skills than physical education treatment. Physical education did not lead to significant changes in the number of monitored abilities, which of course leads to the question of the regularity of the conception, that is, the content and modalities of physical education.
Keywords
basketball, motor abilities, adolescents, intellectual disability
Hrčak ID:
326492
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Publication date:
29.12.2024.
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