Effect of basketball training on motoric abilities in individuals with intellectual disabilities
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This study aimed to examine the effects of basketballtraining in adolescents with intellectual disabilities ontheir basic motor abilities, speed, strength, balance, andcoordination. For this aim 70 boys (aged 16 – 19 years)who were attending one of four Special Education Centresin Zagreb and Karlovac, all classified as light or mild IDaccording to their intelligence quotient of ≤ 70, were dividedinto two groups which underwent 6 months of supervisedphysical activity program. The experimental group (EG,N=34) had three times a week one hour of special basketballtraining, while the control group (CG, N=36) had threeregular physical education classes prescribed by the planand program of the Ministry of Science and Education ofthe Republic of Croatia. Both groups were tested with abattery of 12 tests to evaluate their basic motor abilities atthe start and the end of the experiment.The final results of the study led to the conclusion thatthe size of the changes from the initial to the final stateis different for the groups that were subjected to differenttreatments. The group subjected to basketball trainingshowed a greater sensitivity to kinesiology treatment, thatis, this treatment produced a greater effect on the subjects’basic motor skills than physical education treatment.Physical education did not lead to significant changes inthe number of monitored abilities, which of course leads tothe question of the regularity of the conception, that is, thecontent and modalities of physical education.
DOI: 10.69589/hsv.39.2.5
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4406233073