Efecto de la Educación Deportiva sobre el aprendizaje técnico y el clima motivacional de jóvenes nadadores de alto rendimiento

Translated title of the contribution: Effect of Sport Education on the technical learning and motivational climate of junior high performance swimmers

Lourdes Meroño, Antonio Calderón, Peter A. Hastie

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Abstract

This study sought to examine the effect of a Sport Education season on the technical learning of four swimming strokes and the perceived motivational climate. Twenty-two young swimmers from a sport club participated in 16 training sessions organized around the key principles of Sport Education. Experts assessed technical learning from video analysis, and the swimmers and their coaches also completed self-assessments. Motivational climate was analysed through the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire-2 (PMCSQ-2). The results indicated that regardless of performance level (sampling or specializing) and gender, the swimmers significantly improved their technical learning from pre-test to post-test. In addition, all participants reported statistically significant improvements in the taskoriented motivational climate. It was concluded that the intervention program based on Sport Education had a positive impact on improvement of swimming skill, and a more optimal motivational climate.

Translated title of the contributionEffect of Sport Education on the technical learning and motivational climate of junior high performance swimmers
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)182-198
Number of pages17
JournalRICYDE: Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte
Volume12
Issue number44
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Instructional model
  • Motivation
  • Swimming technique

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