Schoolchildren's motivation to increase motor activity using the footbag freestyle game

Research aim is to to show experimentally the possibility of «Footbag» pedagogical game technology for increasing children's motivation to motor activity. Materials and methods. The study was conducted at a secondary school in Orsk (Russia). The control and experimental groups of boys aged 11-12 were identified. During the academic year, three PE lessons per week in the control group and two lessons in the experimental group were conducted according to the traditional comprehensive PE program for general education schools in Russia. The third PE lesson in the experimental group was conducted according to the variative program developed by us using «Footbag-freestyle» game. In all children, the milestone level of motivation for motor activity was assessed, physical fitness was studied with the help of motor tests, and the functional characteristics of the children's body were studied. Research results. At the end of the pedagogical experiment, the children of the experimental group showed a significant increase in the motivation level to engage in PE lessons at school and to independent physical activity, positive dynamics of the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems were noted, the values of the motor tests indicators significantly increased. The motor density of the school PE lesson has increased. Conclusions. The program of «Footbag» pedagogical game technology developed by us allowed increasing the schoolchildren's aged 11-12 physical education effectiveness. The boys of the experimental group had a high level of motivation for daily motor activity, the values of all motor qualities indicators (with the exception of general endurance) and functional indicators of the cardio-respiratory and muscular systems significantly increased, compared with the children's of the control group results. The use of «Footbag» pedagogical game technology is proposed to increase the motivation to improve the motor mode of a person of any age.