Development of Attention Stability in Children Aged 9-10 Years with the Help of Exercises Classics

The purpose of the study is to reveal the influence of the "Classics" exercise on the attention span of 9-10-year-old children. The pedagogical experiment lasted 9 months in which 40 schoolchildren participated. The duration of one lesson was 40 minutes, two lessons a week, in total, 56 physical education classes were held during the year. Children in the control group (CG) – 3A class (20 people), were engaged in the ordinary physical education program. Shuttle run determined the level of coordination of children, and the stability of attention was determined by the Bourdon test. In the control group, coordination indicators improved by 2.9% (P>0.05), and attention span from 3.5±0.3 to 3.8±0.3 (P>0.05). In the experimental group, the indicators became higher than at the beginning in the bourdon test by 32.4% (P<0.05), and in the shuttle run they improved from 9.9±0.5 to 8.5±0.4 (P<0.05). Thus, if children perform the classics exercise at physical education lessons at school, not only motor abilities but also attention stability will improve significantly.

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