The Effect of Physical Education Program on the Development of Motor Skill in Schoolchildren

Abstract

For the purpose of studying the difference of development of jumping skill in schoolchildren in the different kind of exercise environment, the motion of standing long jump was analyzed by the method of Developmental Biomechanics (Kinesiology). Subjects were 6, 8, and 10-year-old children in the Republic of Honduras and in Japan. The experimental group in Honduras participated in the Japanese style program of physical education for 2 years, and the other control group in Honduras did not take any program of physical education.Results of performance test, evaluation of jumping pattern, and motion analysis indicate that the skill of standing long jump of Japanese children ranked at the highest level followed by that of the experimental group and the control one, and that the development of skill was reflected in the excellent performance in Japanese and the experimental school children. In the control group, no remarkable difference was recognized among the skills of 6, 8, and 10-year-old children, and the difference of performance test score among age groups was supposed to be brought from the growth of physique and/or physical resource.