The influence of innovative sports on the schoolchildren’s motivation to physical education lessons

Abstract

The article shows the formation of interest and realized opportunities to encourage schoolchildren to be physically active in physical education lessons through the implementation of variable modules of korfball and floorball, which are defined by the state for students to study in the model curriculum of general secondary education institutions. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the effectiveness of the introduction of innovative sports in physical education lessons by finding out the level of increasing children's motivation to engage in physical education. The influence of innovative sports on the motivation of 31 senior pupils to physical education lessons was determined with the help of two questionnaires used before and after the implementation of korfball and floorball moduls. The organized questionnaire and interpretation of the results contributed to the study of pupils' motivation to engage in physical activity in physical education lessons by means of studying innovative sports games of korfball and floorball. The advantages of innovative sports in comparison with the usual physical education lessons were revealed. We state the desire of the study participants to master innovative variable modules of korfball and floorball due to a number of certain advantages: positive emotional impact, effective physical development and increase of physical fitness level according to pupils' self-perception, possibility of competitive activity and communication with friends in a game atmosphere.