The effectiveness of sports performance exercises accompanied by music to developing motor response speed and balance for kindergarten children

Abstract

The current study aims to prepare and identify exercises for sports performances accompanied by music in developing the speed of motor response and balance for kindergarten children, and by informing the researchers of previous studies. It was found that there was a clear weakness for most children when they performed exercises that involved speed of motor response and balance, which prompted the researchers to study this problem. The researchers used the experimental method with tight control by designing the experimental and control groups to suit the nature of the research and its objectives, as the research population included the children of Al-Assal Kindergarten for the academic year. (2023-2024) and their number is (92) children aged (-56) years in the preparatory stage, males and females. They were divided by lottery into two groups: (20) children, an experimental group, (20) children, a control group, and (10) children, for the survey sample. Sports performance exercises accompanied by music with 30-minute educational units were applied to the experimental group, and then the researchers conducted the tests. The research and its codification were processed statistically using the SPSS program. The researchers reached the most important conclusions that sports performance exercises accompanied by music had a clear and effective impact in developing the speed of motor response and balance for the kindergarten child. The experimental group, to which sports presentation exercises were applied, showed significant superiority over the control group in the post-tests and for all variables.