Aly Shady, A., Abdelsattar Mahmoud, M. (2014). Effect of Spatial Orientation and Motor Rhythm Trainings on Motor Speed and Skill Performance Level of Soccer Juniors. Journal of Applied Sports Science, 4(1), 21-31. doi: 10.21608/jass.2014.84802
Amr Aly Shady; Mohammad Abdelsattar Mahmoud. "Effect of Spatial Orientation and Motor Rhythm Trainings on Motor Speed and Skill Performance Level of Soccer Juniors". Journal of Applied Sports Science, 4, 1, 2014, 21-31. doi: 10.21608/jass.2014.84802
Aly Shady, A., Abdelsattar Mahmoud, M. (2014). 'Effect of Spatial Orientation and Motor Rhythm Trainings on Motor Speed and Skill Performance Level of Soccer Juniors', Journal of Applied Sports Science, 4(1), pp. 21-31. doi: 10.21608/jass.2014.84802
Aly Shady, A., Abdelsattar Mahmoud, M. Effect of Spatial Orientation and Motor Rhythm Trainings on Motor Speed and Skill Performance Level of Soccer Juniors. Journal of Applied Sports Science, 2014; 4(1): 21-31. doi: 10.21608/jass.2014.84802
Effect of Spatial Orientation and Motor Rhythm Trainings on Motor Speed and Skill Performance Level of Soccer Juniors
Faculty of Physical Education, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Abstract
Objectives: to recognize the effect of spatial orientation and motor rhythm trainings on motor speed and skill performance level for soccer juniors. Design: The training program was 8 weeks long, 3 training units per week where the spatial orientation and motor rhythm trainings time lasts from 30-40 minutes of the training unit time. Participants: 26 soccer juniors under 17-18 years old were equally and randomly divided into two groups experimental (n=13) and control (n=13) groups. Main Outcome Measures: The anthropometric (height and weight), spatial orientation ability (turning to touch the color test), motor rhythm ability (motor rhythm ability test), motor speed (dribbling test & dribbling and shooting test) and skill performance (shooting test, dribbling test and passing with the appropriate strength test) Results: Statistically differences were found on spatial orientation, motor rhythm, motor speed and skill performance between control and experimental groups for the experimental group. Conclusions: from the results of this research and according to the existence of statistically significance for the experimental group, the researchers recommended that coaches should give a great deal of importance to developing the coordinative abilities through making it an essential part of soccer juniors training program.