EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING FOOTBALL IN THE 8TH GRADE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

Abstract

Football is a very popular sport in our country. It is not at all surprising that it is also an organic part of physical education. Although the National Core Curriculum allows us to process two other ball games during each school year, but the Physical Education Frame Curriculum details what kind of contents have to be taught in the field of football. My research deals with how effective teaching football is in the 8th class of Dr. Hesz Mihály Primary School. The class consists of 23 students who I divided into three groups: boys who regularly go to football trainings (N=8), boys who do not go to football trainings (N=5), girls who do not go to football trainings (N=10). First I made them do three motor tests (long jump from a standing position, 15-meter sprint from tailor seat, 20-meter shuttle run) and three football specific tests (goal kick, ball lift, slalom ball drive). Then after finishing teaching the football thematic unit, I made them do the same tests again. I investigated the results of the groups on the first test comparing with each other by a one-sample T-test function, their own developement of performance with a two-sample T-test. In both cases I considered p <0,05 rate as significance level. Regarding the motor tests the boys who regularly go to football trainings performed significally better than the girls who do not, and averagely better than the boys who do not, except for long jump from a staning position. In average the football players performed better than the other groups on the sport specific tests, but significant diversion can only be demonstrated in the case of slalom ball drive and ball lift. Boys who do not go to football trainings performed significantly better than the girls in long jump, ball lift and ball drive. On the second tests football players significantly performed better in ball drive, ball lift, running from tailor seat, the girls in ball lift, the boys who do not go to football trainings in goal kick with left foot. It would be necessary to rethink the contents of my thematic unit. The research would be worth being spread to a larger population so that the results could be justifiable better.