The effect of sports gymnastics teaching content on students' motor abilities

Mekić, Raid (author), Paunović, Miloš (author), Murić, Benin (author), Kahrović, Izet (author), Radenković, Oliver (author), Špirtović, Omer (author), Čaprić, Ilma (author)

The study examined the impact of a sports gymnastics curriculum on the development of students' motor abilities. Special attention was given to the effects of specific gymnastics exercises and techniques designed to develop repetitive, static, and explosive strength, as well as flexibility. The sample consisted of 50 male students, divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group, in addition to the standard curriculum, performed additional specific exercises for developing motor skills. Results indicated significant improvement in the experimental group, particularly in the variables Pull-ups (p = 0.001) and Deep forward bend (p = 0.002), with a large effect size (Cohen’s d > 0.8). However, differences for the variables Leg lifting (p = 0.063) and Squat (p = 0.061) did not reach statistical significance at the 5% level, although a 10% difference suggested a moderate effect (Cohen’s d > 0.5), indicating moderate progress. The effects of the gymnastics programme were positive in both groups, with the experimental group showing additional progress in motor skills due to targeted exercises. Although differences in specific motor skills between the experimental and control groups were observed, the results indicate that the gymnastics programme itself has a positive impact on motor abilities, even without additional specific exercises. The gymnastics curriculum is effective for improving students' motor abilities, with targeted specific exercises providing further advancement.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sport, gymnastics program, physical education, strength development, flexibility, exercise intervention
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 447-459, 510
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-183724
• UDC: 796.41
• ISSN on article: 1855-7171
• DOI: 10.52165/sgj.17.3.447-459
• COBISS.SI-ID: 274243075

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 18.06.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Science of gymnastics journal
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
• ISSN: 1855-7171
• COBISS.SI-ID: 246418176

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Učinki vsebine učnega načrta orodne telovadbe na gibalne sposobnosti učencev

Abstract

Raziskava je preučevala, kako učni načrt orodne telovadbe vpliva na razvoj gibalnih sposobnosti učencev. Poseben poudarek je bil na vajah in prijemih, usmerjenih v razvoj ponavljalne, statične in hitre moči ter gibljivosti. V vzorec je bilo vključenih 50 fantov, razdeljenih v preizkusno in primerjalno skupino. Preizkusna skupina je poleg rednega programa izvajala še dodatne, namenske vaje za razvoj gibalnih sposobnosti. Rezultati so pokazali pomembno izboljšanje v preizkusni skupini, zlasti pri spremenljivkah zgibe (p = 0,001) in globoki predklon (p = 0,002), z velikim učinkom (Cohenov d > 0,8). Razlike pri dvigu nog (p = 0,063) in počepu (p = 0,061) na 5-odstotni ravni niso bile statistično značilne, je pa 10-odstotna meja nakazala zmeren učinek (Cohenov d > 0,5), kar potrjuje zmeren napredek. Učinki telovadnega programa so bili pozitivni v obeh skupinah, pri čemer je preizkusna skupina zaradi ciljnih vaj dosegla dodatni napredek v gibalnih sposobnostih. Čeprav so se med skupinama pokazale razlike pri posameznih gibalnih sposobnostih, izsledki kažejo, da že sama telovadba pozitivno vpliva na gibalne sposobnosti, tudi brez dodatnih posebnih vaj. Učni načrt telovadbe je torej učinkovit za izboljšanje gibalnih sposobnosti učencev, ciljno usmerjene vaje pa omogočijo še nadaljnji napredek.

• Keywords: šport, gimnastika, gibalne spretnosti, orodna telovadba, moč, gibljivost, vadba