Effects of verbal information on the process of learning round-off - double salto backward tucked during beam dismount

(Auswirkungen verbaler Informationen auf den Lernprozess des Rondat-Doppelsalto rückwärts gehockt beim Abgang vom Schwebebalken)

Objective: To study the effects of two different types of verbal guidance in the process of learning a complex gymnastic routine known as round-off - double salto backward tucked during beam dismount (RDSBT). Material and methods: Skilled female artistic gymnasts (n = 16) participated in the study. Their average indices of height, body mass and age were as follows: 157.5 ± 2.85 m; 51 ± 2.25 kg; 20 ± 2.35 years, respectively. Based on biomechanical measurements, the key elements of sports technique of RDSBT were determined. A pedagogical experiment was carried out to assess the efficiency of learning and refining RDSBT using two types of verbal guidance. The subjects (n = 16) were randomly divided into experimental (E) (n = 8) and control (C) (n = 8) groups. In the process of learning, female athletes from the experimental group (E) received immediate verbal information about faults committed in the key elements of the mastered motor task, whereas those from the control group (C) obtained the same type of information about all the errors made during the performance of round-off - double salto backward tucked during beam dismount. Results: Statistically significant differences were revealed between average results of groups E and C (F(2, 28) = 12.530, p < 0.05) in all the tests in favour of group E. Differences between average results of each group both before and after the experiment as well as in the retention test were statistically significant (p <0.05). Conclusions: The obtained results demonstrate that a wealth of immediate verbal information conveyed by the coach about technical faults committed by female gymnasts negatively affects the process of motor task learning. At the same time, verbal information passed on to the gymnast by the coach concerning errors in the key elements of sports technique (critical signals) contributes to a more efficient solution of the motor task. The limitation of corrective actions only to the key elements of the motor task, which are designed to trigger a sequence of motor tasks, produces significantly better learning outcomes in a complex task.
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Schlagworte: Gerätturnen weiblich Feedback Information Relation Schwebebalkenturnen Abgang Element Technik
Notationen: technische Sportarten
Veröffentlicht in: Theory and Practice of Physical Culture
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Ausgabe: Originaltitel der russischen Ausgabe:
Heft: 6
Seiten: 9-11 (Printversion)
Dokumentenarten: Artikel
Sprache: Englisch
Level: hoch