Abstract
Formation Dancesport is a very complex competitive event due to the presence of the 8-couple group that performs choreography altogether. This involves various changes of formations and dance styles in both Standard and Latin sections. In these conditions, the demands on coordination components are particular and specific. At beginner level, the development through exercise systems adapted to formation dance becomes a necessity. In this paper, we aimed to conduct an intentional pedagogical experiment to see how a number of coordination components could be developed in beginner children. We took into account general coordination, rhythmicity, balance and spatial-temporal orientation for which specific tests were applied, ending with initial and final assessments. The research was carried out at the Stop & Dance Studio in Bucharest, sector 1, over a 4-month period, with 3 training sessions per week. The study involved 16 subjects, 8 boys and 8 girls, aged 10 to 13 years. The research hypothesis is that, by applying a special exercise programme adapted to formation dancesport, the coordination components can develop, and the training methodology can be improved. For each targeted coordination type, sets of exercises adapted to formation dancesport were applied in each lesson, directly working with the entire group of dancers. The results obtained in the final assessment compared to the initial assessment were better for all tests, the level of statistical significance being established with the Wilcoxon Test by calculating the Z-value.
Highlights
Minimum values obtained by the experiment group subjects were grade 6 in the initial test and grade 8 in the final test, and maximum grades reached the value 9 in the initial test and the value 10 in the final test
The statistically significant positive evolution is demonstrated by the calculated Z-value using the Wilcoxon Test (-3.624) and the p-value (0.000) less than 0.05
Within the pedagogical experiment carried out, the positive evolution of the results is found in all the coordination tests applied
Summary
A multitude of competitive festivals for formations of children and juniors, most of them from private clubs, take place in Romania. Dancers practise the two international styles for team competitions, namely Standard or Latin. The lack of an equal number of boys and girls has resulted in introducing a new competitive category, Solo Girls, and creating many teams exclusively made up of girls. In this context, the growing expansion of dancesport has captured the attention of specialists whose concerns are focused on conducting scientific research that establishes the methodological training directions (Stinson, 2014). In formation dancesport, the teaching contents are more complex because double communication is involved, namely within each couple and within the team made up of 8 couples
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