Effectiveness of Teaching Mini Handball through Non-Linear Pedagogy in Different Socioeconomic Contexts: A Pilot Study

Sebastián Espoz-Lazo (), Claudio Farías-Valenzuela, Victor Reyes-Contreras, Paloma Ferrero-Hernández, Frano Giakoni-Ramírez, Mauricio Tapia-Zavala, Daniel Duclos-Bastías and Pedro Valdivia-Moral
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Sebastián Espoz-Lazo: Facultad de Ciencias Para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián, Lota 2465, Providencia 7510157, Chile
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela: Instituto del Deporte, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago 9170022, Chile
Victor Reyes-Contreras: Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Central, Lord Cochrane 418, Santiago 8330546, Chile
Paloma Ferrero-Hernández: Facultad de Educación y Cultura, Universidad SEK, Santiago 7520317, Chile
Frano Giakoni-Ramírez: Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7550000, Chile
Mauricio Tapia-Zavala: Departamento de Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago 7520317, Chile
Daniel Duclos-Bastías: Escuela de Educación Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2374631, Chile
Pedro Valdivia-Moral: Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: Mini handball is among the sports included as part of school physical education in Chile to improve children’s motor skills and to motivate their adherence to a healthy and active lifestyle in response to concerns about this country’s high level of childhood obesity. To this end, non-linear pedagogy (NLP) has been used to develop motor skills through mini handball in the school context. However, socioeconomic differences that influence the development of children’s motor skills have not been considered to determine whether the methodology applies to everyone. The aim of the present observational study is to describe and compare the effectiveness of the previously applied NLP methodology in two contrasting socioeconomic contexts to determine whether it helps to develop motor skills through mini handball in both school contexts. The Levine test was used to determine the homogeneity of the variances ( p < 0.05), as the distribution of the data was not normal. The Kruskal–Wallis H statistical test was used to analyse within-group data. Additionally, the Mann–Whitney U test was applied for comparisons between groups. The results show significant improvements in the acquisition of the expected motor skills specific to mini handball. Additionally, a shortening of the gap was evidenced between the groups during the training process, with no significant differences at the end of the progression. Therefore, the investigated NLP is equally as effective for schoolchildren in two opposite socioeconomic contexts.

Keywords: sport pedagogy; motor skills; team sport; scholars; pre-sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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