| The results of national physical fitness monitoring in recent years show that children in China are in a difficult situation of declining physical fitness and insufficient motor development,and that children’s physical and mental health has been seriously affected,with an increasing proportion of obese children and a serious lack of physical activity being the root causes of the decline in children’s physical fitness.In the face of the plight of children’s declining physical fitness and inadequate motor development,the state has attached great importance to the issue and issued a number of policies to promote the development of basic motor skills.Wushu is a national treasure of the Chinese nation and has both a moral and physical education system.It can effectively develop children’s physical qualities such as speed,strength and flexibility,help to pass on the national culture and cultivate patriotism,and the state has high hopes for wushu programmes.However,in actual teaching,the campusisation of wushu is difficult,unable to change the embarrassing situation of a niche sport,and the value of wushu cannot be strongly reflected.The age of 3-10 is a sensitive period for the development of basic motor skills in children,and an appropriate approach to the rapid development of basic motor skills during this period will provide lifelong benefits in terms of physical activity and healthy output.Based on this,this study uses school-aged children aged 8-9 years as test subjects,and selects martial arts basic movements,boxing routines and apparatus routines(kung fu fan)that are appropriate for children’s growth and development to conduct exercise interventions to explore the effects of martial arts practice on the development of basic motor skills in school-aged children aged8-9 years.The aim is to enhance the development of children’s basic motor skills through martial arts practice,to encourage school-aged children to participate in a wide range of physical activities and to improve their physical fitness,and to provide a scientific basis and theoretical support for promoting the integration of traditional ethnic sports culture into school sports development.Using literature research,experiment,video observation,mathematical statistics and other research methods,using the method of cluster random sampling,224 8-9 year old school children were randomly selected from grade 2-3 students in Beixin Experimental Primary School of Chengdu as test objects.They were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group,both of which contained two age groups of 8 and 9 years old.The experimental group underwent 12 weeks of martial arts content practice and the control group underwent regular physical education class exercise.The frequency of the intervention was 40 minutes three times a week.The Children’s Motor Skills Quotient Measure(CMSQ)and the Illinois Agility Test(IAT)were used to test basic motor skills uniformly in school-aged children aged 8-9 years before and after the experiment.The following findings were obtained:(1)There was a highly significant moderate strength correlation between the CMSQ test and the IAT test in both the experimental and control school-aged children before and after the experiment(0.4≤|r|<0.7,p<0.01).(2)After12 weeks of intervention,the control group of 8-9 year old school children showed an increase in basic motor skill development.8 year old school children showed an increase of2.98 points on the CMSQ test and a decrease of 0.4s on the IAT test(2.22 points and 0.4s for boys and 3.85 points and 0.4s for girls).9 year old school children showed an increase of 2.2points on the CMSQ test and a decrease of 0.4s on the IAT test compared to the pre-experimental period.(2.43,0.44 s for boys and 2,0.51 s for girls),with a highly significant difference between the two age groups before and after the experiment(p<0.01).(3)After the12-week intervention,there was a significant increase in the development of basic motor skills among the 8-9 year olds in the experimental group.8 year olds increased their CMSQ scores by 11.09 points and decreased their IAT scores by 1.51s(10.91,1.52 s for boys and 11.3,1.51 s for girls)compared to the pre-experimental period.9 year olds increased their CMSQ scores by 9.26 points and decreased their IAT scores by 1.51 s compared to the pre-experimental period.The 9-year-old school-age children’s CMSQ scores increased by9.26 points and the IAT test scores decreased by 1.22s(9.23,1.26 s for boys and 9.28,1.22 s for girls),with highly significant differences between the two age groups before and after the experiment(p<0.01).(4)After the 12-week intervention,the increase in CMSQ test scores and IAT test scores of the 8-9 year old school children in the experimental group was much greater than that of the control group,and there was a highly significant difference between the two groups(p<0.01).The following conclusions were drawn:(1)The CMSQ test and the IAT test have a significant correlation and both can be used to comprehensively evaluate the development level of basic motor skills of school-aged children aged 8-9.(2)Both martial arts practice and regular PE classes contribute to the development of basic motor skills,but martial arts practice has a more pronounced and significant contribution,particularly to the development of object manipulation and stability skills.(3)There is a sequential development of basic motor skills in 8 year old school children,with body movement skills taking the lead,followed by stabilisation skills,and object control skills lagging behind.(4)At 9 years of age,the development of basic motor skills is sequential,with the development of body movement skills being dominant,followed by stabilisation skills,and object control skills lagging behind.However,the dominance of body movement development is decreasing and the dominance of body stability development is gradually emerging.(5)There are age differences in the development of basic motor skills among 8-9 year olds,with 9 year olds having a higher level of basic motor skills than 8 year olds,but 8 year olds have a greater degree of plasticity and a higher range of improvement.(6)There are gender differences in the development of basic motor skills among 8-9 year old school children,with boys developing basic motor skills better than girls.However,under the same conditions,girls may have greater potential to develop basic motor skills.(7)Martial arts practice helps to reduce the age and gender differences in the development of basic motor skills among school-age children aged 8-9years.Based on the findings and conclusions of this study,it is recommended that school physical education in the early years of school children should focus on the sensitive period of basic motor skill development and use basic skills as the curriculum guide;pay attention to the balanced development of basic motor skills of school children and arrange the contents of the physical education curriculum rationally;pay attention to the age and gender of basic motor skill development of school children and implement movement intervention as early as possible. |
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