The effects of a specially programmed physical and health education curriculum on the correlation between basic motor and situational motor variables in sixth-grade elementary school students

The aim of this research was to examine whether there is a greater influence of a specially designed teaching program compared to the standard teaching approach. Fifteen motor and six situational-motor variables were observed. The sample consisted of 106 students divided into a control group (53 students) and an experimental group (53 students). The students were both male and female, aged 12 ± 6 months. The control group implemented teaching content in accordance with the regular curriculum and work plan, while the experimental group was subjected to an intensive sports games program basketball, volleyball, and handball. The duration of the program was one school semester. Descriptive statistical analysis showed a normal distribution of data for both motor and situational-motor variables. The applied correlation matrix indicated that, in both motor and situational-motor domains, the variables were significantly correlated at both the initial and final testing stages. The specially designed teaching program did not increase the correlation between variables within the same domains.