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: Received: 26 December 2023 / Approved: 29 December 2023 / Online: 29 December 2023 (08:18:07 CET)
How to cite:
Roșu, D.; Enache, S.; Ștefănică, V.; Muntean, R.I. Initiation in Kin Ball – Pre and Post Pandemic Effects on Hand Strength, Resistance and Coordination. Preprints2023, 2023122233. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2233.v1
Roșu, D.; Enache, S.; Ștefănică, V.; Muntean, R.I. Initiation in Kin Ball – Pre and Post Pandemic Effects on Hand Strength, Resistance and Coordination. Preprints 2023, 2023122233. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2233.v1
Roșu, D.; Enache, S.; Ștefănică, V.; Muntean, R.I. Initiation in Kin Ball – Pre and Post Pandemic Effects on Hand Strength, Resistance and Coordination. Preprints2023, 2023122233. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2233.v1
APA Style
Roșu, D., Enache, S., Ștefănică, V., & Muntean, R.I. (2023). Initiation in Kin Ball – Pre and Post Pandemic Effects on Hand Strength, Resistance and Coordination. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2233.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Roșu, D., Valentina Ștefănică and Raul Ioan Muntean. 2023 "Initiation in Kin Ball – Pre and Post Pandemic Effects on Hand Strength, Resistance and Coordination" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2233.v1
Abstract
The research deals with the particularities of the initiation in the sport of kin ball, of 94 students (54 boys and 40 girls), without a history of practicing the sport intensively, and the measure of the influence of some components of the motor capacity. Kin ball is a sport that appeared in Canada, in an academic setting and can become an alternative sport in the common university curricula in Romania. The research was carried out in 4 research groups in 2019 and 2022, two of boys and two of girls, similarly, before and after the declaration of the acute phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic, generating physical activity constraints. The originality of the research refers to the initiation, unprecedented in Romania, in the Kin ball sport, through 20 training sessions, carried out in 10-day stages and the evaluation of some motor skills on the subjects. During the experiment, the following components were tested pre- and post-intervention Kin-Ball: palmar muscle strength using the dynamometer, general resistance by running as long as possible for 2 min and general coordination function - body balance, by the Matorin test. The statistical calculation included the application of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, depending on which parametric or non-parametric statistical significance tests were applied and the estimation of the size of the intervention effect. The results highlighted particularities of initiation in Kin ball, but also significant differences (p<0.05) in all measurements performed in 2022. The tests in 2019 recorded both significant and statistically insignificant differences, also highlighted by the calculation of the d indicator of to Cohen. The lower initial level of all motor components measured in 2022 and their significant improvement represent aspects that can be understood as collateral effects of the lack of movement during the pandemic.
Keywords
kin ball; covid-19 pandemic; palm strength; endurance; coordination
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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