SPORTS INITIATION FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN: IMPACTS ON COORDINATION AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE AFTER A TEACHING PROGRAM

Abstract

The aim of study was to identify the impacts of the methodological proposals Iniciação Esportiva Universal and Ball School on the level of motor coordination and motor performance of students participating in school Physical Education classes. 40 children participated (experimental and control group) aged 8 to 10 years (7.85±0.48), of both genders. During 17 sessions, the subjects experienced the contents inherent to the methodological proposals, with agreement and coherence proven by class categorization. Incidental learning was able to cause improvements in motor coordination and motor performance, with large effect size after intervention and increased chances of changing the classifications proposed by the applied tests.