Faculty Of Physical Education Research Articles

The influence of the specificity of sports specializations on the values of muscle power for female university students

Background: Explosive strength or muscle power plays a decisive role in the motor performance of all athletes. Purpose: Analysis of muscle strength variations for female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport/undergraduate level, according to sports specializations. Mate-rial and method: The study included 77 women (age = 20.48 ± 1.37 years, weight = 58.79 ± 8.92 kg, height = 166.24 ± 7.13 cm), divided into 3 evaluation subgroups (Non-athletes/NA = 40 cases, Team sports games/TSG = 17 cases and IS/Individual sports = 20 cases). Explosive strength rating was based on 7 lower body tests and 6 upper body tests. Manova parametric techniques were applied. Results: The analysis of variance indicates significant differences between the 3 defined groups, the F values correspond to thresholds p <0.05. Pairwise analysis highlights the statistical superiority of TSG and IS groups compared to NA. We noted better values of the TSG group of women in all upper body strength assessment tests, but these differences are not significant (p>0.05). Top performance values are dominated by sprinters and volleyball players for the low-er body, respectively by handball, volleyball and karate players for the upper body, as-pects confirmed by the studied sources. Conclusion: We did not identify significant differences be-tween the groups of athletes (TSG and IS), and the top values according to sports specialization reinforce the results of other similar studies, the specific effort obviously infusing the perfor-mance in the muscle strength tests.

The influence of the specificity of sports specializations on the values of muscle power for female university students

The influence of the specificity of sports specializations on the values of muscle power for female university students

Identifying Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Barriers in the Physical Education Administration of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education

The main of this study was to identify the strengths, weaknesses, barriers and opportunities in the Physical Education Directorate of the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan. The applied research method is of descriptive type. The population of the study was the directors of the Physical Education Department and the faculty members of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences of Kabul Education University. Thirty-five individuals were the participants of the study. The research questionnaire consisted of four parts (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and barriers) which were used after determining the validity and reliability. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data in SPSS 24 software. The results showed that the most important strengths were the existence of sports networks, paying attention to sports and physical education, the existence of participatory management space as well as setting for collective decision-making. The most noticeable weaknesses are the lack of a strategic plan in the General Directorate of Physical Education, lack of well-trained physical education instructors and its disproportion to the student population of the country. The opportunities available in this field were the young population and the existence of many talents in physical education in the country, increasing the level of education of physical education instructors; and the big threats were the influence and interference of other bodies and non-specialized officials in physical education administration, as well as lack of sufficient funds for sports education. Managers and staff members of the Physical Education General Directorate should better plan for the achievement of high efficiency and effectiveness by identifying strengths and weaknesses and taking advantage of environmental opportunities and barriers.

The Effect of an Educational Program by Using Assistive Devices on Improving the Performance Level of Crawl Stroke Swimming among Female Students of the Faculty of Physical Education

The study aimed to identify the effect of an educational program using assistive devices on improving the performance of crawl stroke swimming among female students of the Faculty of Physical Education. The researchers used the experimentl method by using the pre- and post- tests. The sample of the study consisted of 12 students who enrolled in Learning Swimming Course in the Faculty of Physical Education at Yarmouk University. The sample of the study was chosen in an intentional way, and the educational program consisted of (8) weeks with a rate of (3) units per week, with a period of (60) minutes. The study variables were measured through the speed test, the periodic respiratory endurance test, the test of the movements of the arms and the feet, and the performance of swimming 25 meters crawling stroke. In the statistical treatment, the researcher used the arithmetic means, standard deviations, and the t-test for the related samples. . The results showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) between the pre-and post-measurements of the experimental group members in the tests: speed test, periodic respiratory endurance test, arm and foot movements test, and 25m swimming performance crawling stroke, among the sample of the study and in favor of post test.

Competitive behavior and its relationship to achievement goals among team sports students at the Faculty of Physical Education, Minia University

Competitive behavior and its relationship to achievement goals among team sports students at the Faculty of Physical Education, Minia University

Designing a bank of questions in the subject of statistics for students of the Faculty of Physical Education, Sadat City University, using the Rasch model according to the theory of response to the test item

Designing a bank of questions in the subject of statistics for students of the Faculty of Physical Education, Sadat City University, using the Rasch model according to the theory of response to the test item

Designing a bank of questions in the subject of statistics for students of the Faculty of Physical Education, Sadat City University, using the Rasch model according to the theory of response to the test item

Designing a bank of questions in the subject of statistics for students of the Faculty of Physical Education, Sadat City University, using the Rasch model according to the theory of response to the test item

ANALYSIS OF THE MOTOR PERFORMANCE OF THE FOREARM PASSING SKILL, IN VOLLEYBALL, AT THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TISHREEN UNIVERSITY

Volleyball is one of the most representative team sports all over world. It already has two Olympic disciplines (regular and beach volleyball) with a 3rd one under expectation for winter Olympics in the following years (snow volleyball). It is known that is a connection between proper biomechanics and performance in sports (Robertson, 2011). As willing to study the progress of the students regarding the forearm passing skill and the training methodology used we undertook this research. A number of 108 students were involved in the study, from the first year of Faculty of Physical Education, Tishreen University. They practised the volleyball classes two times a week, during the February – June 2022 period. Were divided into four groups, two of them as the experimental group and two as the control group. In the first two groups (consisting of 54 students), the experimental group, we eliminated the pair exercises, so they practised only self and against wall exercises. The other two groups, the control, did the regular training, including self, wall and pair exercises. As there is no standard methodology of evaluate the forearm passing skill, we decided to use a scoring system adapted by author to the needs of the students. After the testing and retesting, the control groups scored better, improved more their skills regarding the forearm passing, comparing to the groups that haven't practices pair exercise.

Analysis of sports injuries during volleyball lessons in students of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

This study aimed to analyse sports injuries during volleyball lessons in students of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. The research community consisted of 400 students of the third stage of the Faculties of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Universities of Kirkuk and Tikrit for the academic year 2022-2023. The research sample included 80 students who were randomly selected. The researchers used an ad-hoc questionnaire as a means to collect the information and data. The statistical analyses were carried out with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 23. Considering the results of the study, the researchers concluded that the most common sports injuries during volleyball lessons in students of Physical Education and Sports Sciences are sprains and muscle contractions (muscle spasm). The injuries on the lower extremities (ankle, knee, thigh and leg) were the most frequent injuries compared to the injuries of the upper extremity (upper limbs, abdomen and shoulder).

Impact of obstetric learning strategy on creative thinking and some basic volleyball skills Aircraft for students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

The study is important in its use of an obstetric learning strategy to recognize its impact on creative thinking. The transmission skills are discussed below, where we prepare and receive the transmission by volleyball. The researchers used the experimental curriculum in the manner of the two equal groups to apply the study procedures. The research sample was 40 second-stage students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences - Qadisiyah University. They were randomly divided into a police group, the "E" division was 20 students as a Pilot group and division (d) was 20 students. Necessary tools and devices have been used which included the strategy of obstetric learning and exploratory experience. The main field of experience involved post testing and the application of the strategy and then remote testing. The researchers concluded the student's need this strategy to help them improve creative thinking in learning the skills of preparation, reception and dispatch from below fending off volleyball. They recommend utilizing and giving sufficient space to the education units' obstetric learning strategy because of its active role in creative thinking and learning skills.

Labeling of Baropodometric Analysis Data Using Computer Vision Techniques in Classification of Foot Deformities.

Background and Objectives: Foot deformities are the basis of numerous disorders of the locomotor system. An optimized method of classification of foot deformities would enable an objective identification of the type of deformity since the current assessment methods do not show an optimal level of objectivity and reliability. The acquired results would enable an individual approach to the treatment of patients with foot deformities. Thus, the goal of this research study was the development of a new, objective model for recognizing and classifying foot deformities with the application of machine learning, by labeling baropodometric analysis data using computer vision methods. Materials and Methods: In this work, data from 91 students of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad were used. Measurements were determined by using a baropodometric platform, and the labelling process was carried out in the Python programming language, using functions from the OpenCV library. Segmentation techniques, geometric transformations, contour detection and morphological image processing were performed on the images, in order to calculate the arch index, a parameter that gives information about the type of the foot deformity. Discussion: The foot over which the entire labeling method was applied had an arch index value of 0.27, which indicates the accuracy of the method and is in accordance with the literature. On the other hand, the method presented in our study needs further improvement and optimization, since the results of the segmentation techniques can vary when the images are not consistent. Conclusions: The labeling method presented in this work provides the basis for further optimization and development of a foot deformity classification system.

Teaching Physical Exercise with Music – Pedometric Evaluation

In everyday life and culture, music can be encountered and experienced in a variety of forms, and it plays a role in mood swings. Numerous studies have shown that listening to music while exercising increases both the amount of time spent exercising as well as the interest level in the activity. It is hypothesised that instructing pupils in physical activities through the medium of music would have a beneficial effect on them. Fifty-five students from the Faculty of Physical Education were chosen to serve as study subjects in order to investigate the impact that music has on the process of learning and doing the activity. This study was carried out over the course of two days, and the data was gathered by counting the number of footsteps that participants made throughout a period of 20 minutes of instruction with or without music. The exercises were demonstrated to the participants over the course of two days; on the first day, they were demonstrated with music, and on the second day, they were demonstrated without music. According to the findings of this study, there is a discernible contrast between instructing activities with and without the use of music. The topic revealed a tremendous amount of interest and vitality when it was practised with music. The pedometric measure improved with musical training, and males did much better than girls in this regard.

ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ФІТНЕС-ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ У ФОРМУВАННІ ЗДОРОВ’ЯЗБЕРІГАЮЧОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ СТУДЕНТІВ ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ ФІЗИЧНОГО ВИХОВАННЯ

The article considers the importance of the formation of health-preserving competence of the physical education teacher. Health- preserving competence is a quality of an individual consisting of valeological knowledge, abilities, skills, an individual's attitude to health as the highest value, and experience in practical activities to preserve mental, physical, and social health. The health-preserving activity of the physical culture teacher connects theoretical knowledge with the life situation. The level of valeological knowledge, high motivation for a healthy lifestyle, and practical activity, which is manifested in the organization and implementation of measures to preserve one's own health and the health of the team, are important for diagnosing the level of health- preserving competence. The classification of modern health care technologies, which consist of health care technologies, health education technologies, health culture education technologies, and health care technologies, is considered. The most important technologies are the technologies of health formation. Technologies for the formation of health involve the interaction of a teacher and a student and are aimed at the formation, preservation, strengthening, and restoration of personal health. Fitness technologies are a set of methods and methodological techniques that have a health-improving effect, increase a person's motor activity, form a positive attitude to a healthy lifestyle and social success. Fitness technologies are important for the formation of health-preserving competence of students of the Faculty of Physical Education, health-preserving views, thinking and consciousness, the ability to apply knowledge and skills to preserve and strengthen one's own health, use experience in future professional activities and society. Fitness technologies are important in the training of a physical education teacher, they affect the anatomical systems of the body, increase physical health, the level of physical and mental development, and improve physical performance.

Some Physical Measurements and Physical Abilities and Their Relationship to Some of The Basketball Skills of Female Students

Learn about the relationship of some physical measurements to some of the basketball skills of female students. Learn about the relationship of some physical abilities to some of the basketball skills of female students. Research approach: The researcher used the descriptive approach to suit the nature of the research.    The research community represents four-year-old students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Salaheddine University for the academic year (2020-2021) in a deliberate manner, numbering (49) female students, while the research sample numbered (15) female students, The researcher used spss to process statistics. - Arithmetic medium, standard deviation and Pearson link coefficient Conclusions: The following conclusions were reached: There is a moral correlation between the length of the kidney body and the length of the upper tip and the width of the hand with the basketball skills of the basketball conversation and correction in the students of basketball There is a moral correlation between everyone who ran 30 meters and pushed a medical ball with the basketball skills of the basketball and correction of the basketball students.

Professional and communicative сompetence as one of the requirements for the formation of a modern coach's personality

The article deals with the problematic issues of forming the professional and communicative competence of future coaches in modern sports. The issues of professional speech of a modern coach are substantiated. It is proved that the formation of professional and communicative competencies of modern coaches should be considered as an integral system of interrelated components. It is found that the professional and communicative competence of a coach is a dynamic combination of knowledge, skills, practical skills, ways of thinking, professional, ideological, civic and volitional qualities, moral and ethical values, which determines the ability of a coach to successfully carry out professional activities at different levels from children's and youth sports schools to national teams of the country. Knowledge of language is one of the components of a coach's professional training, because language expresses thoughts, is a means of cognition and activity, so a coach must learn proper professional communication throughout his or her life.
 The purpose of the article is to substantiate the ways of forming professional and communicative competence of modern sports coaches. The formation of communicative competence should be based on the following categories: speech content, speech structure, communicative skill, sound design, practical orientation, and the image of the future coach. Thus, speech activity is an objective process, as it concerns native speakers, and at the same time it is a subjective process that is realized through the subject's speech. The pedagogical formative experiment involved 106 students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of the Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University (experimental group - n=54; control group - n=52). The content of the educational process in the experimental group included the assimilation of knowledge by future coaches on the main and selected components of the educational program 017 - Physical Culture and Sports, the coaching practice and the defense of qualification work. The means of forming professional and communicative competence, which were introduced into the educational process of the experimental group, improved special knowledge of the mandatory components of the educational program by 27.74 points with a difference in reliability of P < 0.001 and by 25.92 points at P < 0.001 for the selected components.

Analysis of differences in Muscle Power for female university students majoring in sports according to BMI levels

Muscle Power (often expressed in terms of explosive strength or explosive force) is required in most sports activities that involve intense and rapid contractions. Purpose: Identifying the dif-ferences and their significance, between the muscle strength values for the female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, according to their classification by BMI levels. Materi-al and method: 77 female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport from Galati were evaluated through 6 upper body muscle power tests (30s Plyometric Push-Ups, Shot put, Medicine ball chest throw, Overhead Medicine Ball Throw-forward, Overhead, Medicine Ball Throw-backward, Overhand ball throw) and 7 lower body muscle power tests (Speed Test 10m, Standing Long Jump Test, Vertical Jump Test, 3-Hop Test, 30s Continuous vertical jumps, 30s Lateral double leg hop test, The multiple 5 bounds test). The groups were divided according to BMI levels (underweight 11 cases, normal weight 53 cases and overweight 13 cases). The non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to assess the differences be-tween groups. Results: Arithmetic average values indicate the superiority of underweight and normal-weight women for lower-body strength and overweight and normal-weight women for upper-body strength, especially for heavy objects throw variants. However, performance differ-ences (assessed by ranks) are in most cases insignificant (Z values correspond to thresholds P>0.05). The only exceptions with significant differences (P<0.05) are for Overhead Medicine Ball Throw-forward (with the superiority of the overweight over the underweight) and Shot put - track and field (with the superiority of the overweight over the underweight). Conclusion: The constant involvement of female students in curricular and sports physical activities mitigates the differences between the muscle power of the 3 BMI categories. However, the small numerical composition - for the underweight and overweight groups - does not allow the generalization of the results, as studies on larger samples are needed and have common concerns related to the specifics of the sports practiced.

Perceived organizational support, marginalization, isolation, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction of PETE faculty members

Research has highlighted the role of workplace experiences in relation to outcomes, such as job satisfaction, among inservice physical education teachers. More recently, scholars have extended this line of scholarship to explore how higher education faculty members experience and navigate the sociopolitical context of higher education. Guided by occupational socialization theory, the purpose of this study was to understand the interactions among workplace experiences, which include perceived organizational support, marginalization, isolation, and emotional exhaustion, and their association with physical education teacher education faculty members’ perceived job satisfaction. Toward this end, a theoretically driven conceptual model was developed and evaluated using structural equation modeling. The sample comprised 283 United States (US)-based physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty members, and data were collected through an online survey that aimed to measure the identified study variables. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to verify the factor structure before advancing to structural equation modeling. The results of structural equation modeling supported the hypothesized relationships among variables, C3(141) = 294.56, p < .001; RMSEA = .075 (90% CI = [.066, 0.085], p < .001); SRMR = .057; NNFI = .962; CFI = .969. While some of the pathways were not significant, the associations of perceived organizational support on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction were partially mediated by marginalization and isolation. Faculty members’ perceived organizational support and emotional exhaustion were important predictors of the perceptions of job satisfaction. Further research exploring the skills faculty utilize to increase and manage emotional exhaustion is warranted.

DIDACTIC ESCAPE ROOM, APPLIED AT UNIVERSITY, IN ONLINE TEACHING

ABSTRACT. The use of active teaching techniques combined with ludic aspects and game-based learning is a current field of investigation in higher education. “The use of escape rooms is also being considered as an educational tool in many schools. Using a variety of scenarios and challenges, the escape rooms create an experience that is simultaneously motivational and educational for the participants” (Manzano et al., 2021, p. 1). Our Didactic Escape Room was applied in the 2020-2021 academic year, at the end of the first semester, during the Covid-19 pandemic period, with online teaching, on a group of students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport (FEFS), enrolled at the psycho-pedagogical specialization within the Teacher Training Department, and on a group of students from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, specializing in Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education (PIPP), within Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca. Through this intervention we measured the general attractiveness, stimulation and novelty of a didactic Escape Room applied online, and we found that the degree of attractiveness for a didactic Escape Room, applied online, was high. Also, it was stimulating enough to generate engagement at the group level. We believe that the specificity of the group involved in the Escape Room is very important, and that each didactic activity of this kind be properly adapted for the class to which it is applied.

Network Planning at the Faculties of Physical Education and Sport in the Postmodern Era

The article aims to study the issues of university teachers and students from the faculties of physical education and sport to improve the educational process based on the principles of network planning. The article presents the results of the sociological questioning of the subjects of the educational process of physical education and sport faculties about the problems in the organization and planning of effective learning, as well as appropriate optimizing recommendations. A subject correlation matrix has been developed in the furtherance of this goal, in which each subject has a specific line and column. The analysis of the subjects’ matrix allows one to pre-determine the order of study of individual subjects in courses and cycles, their relationship and interframe sequence. Within the framework of the experiment, the authors of the article have surveyed 52 university teachers and 450 physical education students. The survey included questions relating to personal opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of the new curriculum and relevant programmes in 16 major subjects. Statistical data processing was carried out using the SPSS Statistics 17.0 software package. The recommended concentrated arrangement of the leading subjects of the biomedical cycle will allow one to create an interdisciplinary programme giving a complete vision of the structure, functions and biochemical processes occurring in various human body systems.

Vegetative regulation of vascular tone and features of the nervous system of pedagogical universities students. Is there a relationship with professional specialization?

Purpose. To select recommendations on the use of physical culture means for students of future teachers, it is necessary to identify their functional features and genetically determined properties of the nervous system. Purpose: to reveal the relationship between the performance of the nervous system, orthostatic test and professional specialization of students of pedagogical universities.
 Material and methods. Students from 9 different faculties of Ukraine's leading pedagogical institute took part in the study. The total number of subjects was 841 people. Soon the reactions were determined by the program "Psychodiagnostics". Orthostatic reactions were determined by the results of heart rate in the supine position and in the standing position. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed using Duncan's method to determine the influence of teaching faculty on test performance. A correlation analysis of testing indicators and ranks of faculties was carried out using the Tau-b Kendall method.
 Results. Students of all experimental faculties were divided into 4 groups according to the number of errors in the choice reaction test based on the results of variance analysis (Duncan method). Faculties were divided into ranks from the first to the fourth. A significant negative correlation of the rank of the faculty according to the indicator of the strength and speed of nervous processes with the heart rate in the standing position (p<0.05) and the difference between the heart rate in the standing and lying positions (p<0.01) was revealed.
 Conclusions. Physical exercises should be applied according to the professional characteristics and personal inclinations of the students, who were divided into 4 groups according to the indicators of reaction speed and orthostatic test. For students of the faculties of primary education and preschool education (1st group), we recommend using mobile and sports games. For students of humanities and natural sciences faculties (2nd group), any physical exercises that require an average manifestation of all physical qualities are suitable: dances, gymnastics, sports games, martial arts. Students of the Faculty of Arts (3rd group) are suitable for physical exercises that require high concentration of attention for a long time, for example, cyclical exercises. We recommend that students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports (4th group) continue to improve in their chosen sport, while also studying other sports.