著者

阿部 智 木村 真知子 若吉 浩二 石川 元美 小畑 治 高橋 豪仁

出版者

奈良教育大学

雑誌

奈良教育大学紀要. 人文・社会科学 (ISSN:05472393)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, no.1, pp.169-179, 2008-10-31

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the change in physical fitness of elementary school children who participated in the long term sports classes using Ballschule program that has received high evaluation in Germany, and to compare the physical fitness and exercise habits of the children and that of those who had not participated in the classes. In addition, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of Ballschule program on the growth of child, and to obtain basic data to make a physical fitness program for elementary school children. First, a total of 47 children, the 2nd and 3rd grade, practiced in sports classes of Ballschule, participated in a sports class held over the long term. There was the improvement with physical fitness and balance in the total score of the physical fitness test. Next, In the comparison of a total 34 children of the 2nd, 10 children who had participated in sports classes of Ballschule and 24 of children who had not, it is confirmed that the total coordination score of Post-test was higher than that of Pre-test in the former children. As a result, it is suggested that the improvement of the physical fitness was caused by the long-term Ballschule program. We could consider Ballschule program as an effective training program, and furthermore we need to examine the validity of Ballschule program as school education. This study elucidated the importance that we should take unspecialized physical fitness program such as Ballschule for developing children. However, it is necessary that we demonstrate the effects of the Ballschule program by using other factors of physical fitness besides ability of coordination that have been central in test heads. And then, a program of Ballschule suitable for Japanese original social context must be suggested and practiced so that Ballschule will be familiarized, applied and practiced in various occasions.

著者

若吉 浩二 高橋 豪仁 今枝 和与 岸田 珸 長谷川 芳彦 石川 元美 田辺 正友

出版者

奈良教育大学

雑誌

奈良教育大学紀要. 自然科学 (ISSN:05472407)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.54, no.2, pp.39-47, 2005-10-31

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in physical fitness and exercise habits of elementary school children over two years, and to compare the physical fitness and exercise habits of children who had not participated in the sports class with those of children who had. In addition, this study aimed to obtain basic data to make a physical fitness program to be held over the long term. A total of 622 children, from the 1st to the 6th grade, participated in the physical fitness test. 102 children had participated in a sports class held twelve times and for approximately 18 hours in total over twelve weeks. The physical fitness of the children in this study was lower than the average for Japanese children. However, the improvement rate of the scores in the physical fitness test over two years was higher than that of the average for Japanese children. In the comparison of the children who had not participated in the sports class with the children who had, there was no significant difference in the results of the physical fitness tests. When the results about the child's physical fitness were fed back to parents to investigate the parents' attitude, approximately 95% of parents answered, "I am interested in my child's physical fitness and exercise habits". However, there was a tendency for parents of children in the upper grades not to be interested in their child's physical fitness and exercise habits in comparison with parents of children in the lower grades, even though the physical fitness of the children in the upper grades in this study was remarkably lower than the average for Japanese children. Therefore, it is thought that it is necessary for the physical fitness test and the sports class to continue to be held over a long period of time so that daily exercise and sports may influence the improvement of physical fitness.