Study of Children with Intellectual Disability and Physical Fitness

ISBN-13: 9783330846562 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 88 str.

Haider Al-Shukoor

Opis

The purpose of this study was to determine if training intervention on throwing improves accuracy among children with intellectual disabilities. The second purpose of this study was to determine if showing visual aids would affect the throwing accuracy of children with ID. The third purpose of this study was to determine if teaching correct stance and posture effect the throwing accuracy among children with ID. Throwing skills were measured by using a modified dart board during pre and posttesting. The subjects were 17 children with ID that were recruited from one elementary school located in a small southeastern U.S. city. The children were diagnosed as having various levels of Autism, Down syndrome, and other IDs. All of the participants received one hour of the same training per week. The training consisted of two throwing exercises. One of the exercises involved throwing a bean bag into the center of a hula hoop placed on the floor at 5, 7.5, and 10 ft. away. The other training exercise involved throwing tennis balls at colored circular objects placed on a board that was mounted on the wall. The subjects were randomly selected into either the experimental or control group.

O autorze

Haider Tawfeeq Salih Al-Shukoor Feb-1985 Masters of Sciences Degree in Sport and Fitness Administration from Winthrop University-South Carolina-USA 2014. The first Iraqi to graduate from Winthrop and have The Iraqi flag displayed. Now employed as Assistant Lecturer at The University of AL-Qadisiyah - College of Physical Education and Sport science.