Improving Coordination of Young Footballers Aged 9-10 Years

Sergey H Sobko,Tatiana V Maleniuk,Natalia H Sobko,Halyna I Panchenko,Victoria A Babalich

doi:10.13189/saj.2021.090515

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine how the upgraded system of training based on 12 exercises for the development of coordination abilities influenced the coordination of young footballers aged 9-10 years. The quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data in the study. The study used the quasi-experimental design that was based on the pretest-posttest measurements accompanied by observations. The experiment involved only one group and the results of the students before and after the intervention were compared. The study proved that the upgraded system of training based on 12 exercises for the development of coordination abilities influenced the coordination of young footballers aged 9-10 years. The system of training also improved the students' abilities to adjust and adapt motor actions; kinaesthetic differentiation of movements (ball sensation). The overall improvement was approximately 21% which was statically significant. The students were found to have improved in the seven coordination abilities. It was also found that there was shift in students' level of coordination from ‘low' to ‘average' and ‘above'.

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Good coordination abilities are of key importance for a footballer as the game requires a player to perform quickly and purposefully spatiotemporal movements which involve the use of all motor abilities in constantly changing situations [1,2,3]
The purpose of the study was to examine how the upgraded system of training based on 12 exercises for the development of coordination abilities influenced the coordination of young footballers aged 9-10 years
The study attempted to examine how the upgraded system of training based on 12 exercises for the development of coordination abilities influenced the coordination of young footballers aged 9-10 years

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Introduction

Good coordination abilities are of key importance for a footballer as the game requires a player to perform quickly and purposefully spatiotemporal movements which involve the use of all motor abilities in constantly changing situations [1,2,3]. According to the Dynamic Systems Theory of development, it is optimum for 9-10-year-old football players to develop and improve coordination as this period of their development is associated with a steady growth of their large muscle development, along with strength, balance, and coordination [6, 7]. This age period is characterised by an active, uniform development of coordination abilities, which is attributed to the natural growth of the child and the corresponding development of the systems and functions of his body. Children perform such exercises without much interest and desire, because the movements require

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