The Relationship Between Motor Skills and Leading the Ball in Handball in Students

Abstract

The aim of the research is to determine the relationship between the achieved results in motor skills (as a predictor system) and the achieved result in students in leading the ball in slalom (criterion variable). The research was conducted on a sample of 45 students from the Primary School "Desanka Maksimivic" Laktasi, aged 11 and 12. Testing was realized in the duration of 8 lessons at the beginning of the school year. Predictor variables were presented through a set of 7 motor tests: throwing a medical ball of 3kg (bacmed), running from a high start at 30m (trc30m), endurance in the arme (enda), sit-ups (situp), long jump from standing (jump), 20 yards (20y) and flamingo test (flam). The sample of the criterion variable consisted of the test of leading the ball in slalom (vslalom). In order to formulate valid conclusions of the research, the following parameters were calculated: basic descriptive parameters, correlation and regression analysis. Based on the analysis and processing of the results, it was determined that the applied predictor system has a statistically significant correlation with the criterion variable. The statistically significant correlation is at the level of 0.05. Individual statistically significant influence was achieved by the variable: throwing a medical ball (p<0.05), while in other tests there was no statistically significant influence. It can be concluded that continuos improvement and knowledge of basic motor skills and traits in students on which success in teaching depends, is important for the proper direction and selection of potential talents, as well as for programming and implementation of the teaching process.