Elementary games are an important element for an integrated development of children's personality. They help fulfil the need for exercise. On the one side, children need exercise for a healthy development, on the other side, through exercise, we improve our well-being, relax, learn about ourselves and our environment and lead a more quality life in all periods of life. Children may have the same chronological age, but differ in the biological stage of development, and elementary games, due to their simplicity and possible modification, enable participation of all, with the teacher or trainer using different adjustments for training groups or individuals. Through appropriate adjustments and classification into certain training groups, elementary games may help fulfil many goals, including the development of selected motor skills.
The aim of this master’s thesis was to select elementary games appropriate for children aged from six to twelve and classify them in clusters depending on the motor skill that is developed to the greatest extent through an individual game. The games were added diverse natural forms of exercise and basic and certain specific basketball moves, as they are mainly intended for trainers of the youngest basketball players and teachers in PE classes who want to familiarise pupils with basketball. This age bracket was selected because children, when starting primary school, start to participate in different sports activities. It is somewhere between the age of six and twelve when biological processes in the body run slower, so it is possible to influence a healthy motor development of a child as well as the development and improvement of individual motor skills through different motor exercises. We believe that good general physical fitness of children is a precondition for an effective and safe further development in a selected sport.
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