Development of older preschool children’s coordination abilities by means of basketball

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to substantiate theoretically and verify experimentally the effectiveness of the system of work on the development of coordination abilities of older preschool children by means of the basketball game. Material and methods. 24 children of older preschool age participated in the study (two groups). At the ascertainment stage, two groups of older preschool children were formed (control (CG) – 12 children and experimental group (EG) – 12 children). CG and EG worked according to the educational program «Confident Start», but in EG a system of work on the development of coordination abilities of older preschool children was implemented by means of playing basketball. During the research, the criteria, indicators and levels of development of older preschool children’s coordination abilities were developed. Research methods: theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical experiment, control tests (investigation of the level of development of balance using the «Flamingo» method; the level of development of coordination using the «Shuttle Run» 3x10 m2; the level of development of dexterity using the «Throwing and Catching a Ball» method), methods of mathematical statistics. The results. At the ascertainment stage of the pedagogical experiment, the following indicators of the general level of development of older preschool children’s coordination abilities were obtained: in CG, 26 % of children possessed a high level of development of coordination abilities, 32 % had an average level, and 42 % had a low level. In EG, 26 % of children also had a high level of development of coordination abilities, 31 % had an average level, and 43 % had a low level. Attention was drawn to the fact that the indicators of CG and EG were at the same level. At the formative stage of the pedagogical experiment, a system of work on the development of coordination abilities of older preschool children by means of the sports game basketball called «Basketball for pre-schoolers» was developed This work system was implemented in three stages: preparatory, main and final. Each stage included the development of activities with children, teachers and parents. At the control stage of the experiment, the following results were obtained: in CG, 38 % of children had a low level of coordination abilities, 34 % had an average level, and 28 % had a high level. In EG, 21 % of children had a low level of coordination abilities, 42 % had an average level, and 37 % had a high level. Thus, we observed a significant improvement of indicators in EG; indicators in CG remained almost at the same level as at the ascertainment stage. Conclusions. The implemented system of work on the development of older preschool children’s coordination abilities by means of basketball has proven its effectiveness. The final results of the study have confirmed the proposed hypothesis and shown that the use of the basketball game in the process of physical education and health work in preschool education institutions is effective.