Distance Motor Learning during the COVID-19 Induced Confinement: Video Feedback with a Pedagogical Activity Improves the Snatch Technique in Young Athletes

Mohamed Abdelkader Souissi, Achraf Ammar, Omar Trabelsi, Jordan M. Glenn, Omar Boukhris, Khaled Trabelsi, Bassem Bouaziz, Piotr Zmijewski, Hichem Souissi, Anis Ben Chikha, Tarak Driss, Hamdi Chtourou, Anita Hoekelmann and Nizar Souissi
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Mohamed Abdelkader Souissi: Research Unit, “Physical Activity, Sport and Health”, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia
Achraf Ammar: Institute of Sport Science, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Omar Trabelsi: High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Sfax University, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Jordan M. Glenn: Department of Health, Exercise Science Research Center Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Omar Boukhris: Research Unit, “Physical Activity, Sport and Health”, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia
Khaled Trabelsi: High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Sfax University, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
Bassem Bouaziz: Multimedia Information Systems and Advanced Computing Laboratory (MIRACL), University of Sfax, Sfax 3021, Tunisia
Piotr Zmijewski: Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland
Hichem Souissi: Research Unit, “Physical Activity, Sport and Health”, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia
Anis Ben Chikha: Research Unit, “Physical Activity, Sport and Health”, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia
Tarak Driss: Interdisciplinary Laboratory in Neurosciences, Physiology and Psychology: Physical Activity, Health andLearning (LINP2), UFR STAPS, UPL, Paris Nanterre University, 92000 Nanterre, France
Hamdi Chtourou: Research Unit, “Physical Activity, Sport and Health”, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia
Anita Hoekelmann: Institute of Sport Science, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Nizar Souissi: Research Unit, “Physical Activity, Sport and Health”, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-13

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate which of two strategies, Video Feedback with Pedagogical Activity (VF-PA) or Video Feedback (VF), would be more beneficial for the remote error correction of the snatch weightlifting technique during the confinement period. Thirty-five school aged children with at least three months of weightlifting experience were randomized to one of three training conditions: VF-PA, VF or the Control group (CONT). Subjects underwent test sessions one week before (T0) and one day after (T1) a six-session training period and a retention test session a week later (T2). During each test session, the Kinovea version 0.8.15 software measured the kinematic parameters of the snatch performance. Following distance learning sessions (T1), the VF-PA improved various kinematic parameters (i.e., barbell horizontal displacements, maximum height, looping and symmetry) compared with T0 ( p < 0.5; Cohen’s d = 0.58–1.1). Most of these improvements were maintained during the retention test (T2) ( p <0.01, Cohen’s d = 1.2–1.3) when compared withT0. However, the VF group improved only twoparameters (i.e., barbell symmetry and horizontal displacement) at T1 ( p < 0.05; Cohen’s d = 0.9), which were not maintained at T2. Better horizontal displacement and looping values were registered during the retention test in the VF-PA group compared with theCONT group ( p < 0.05, Cohen’s d = 1.49–1.52). The present findings suggest combining video feedback with pedagogical activity during the pandemic induced online coaching or physical education to improve movement learning in school aged children.

Keywords: pandemics; home confinement; weightlifting; motor learning; error detection; kinematic; execution time; biomechanics; feedback (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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