Results of a soccer teaching program intended to help students improve and acquire knowledge of physical fitness

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Results of a soccer teaching program intended to help students improve and acquire knowledge of physicalˆtness. Japan J. Phys. Educ. Hlth. Sport Sci. 61: 257 270, June, 2016 AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the validity of a soccer teaching program designed to help students improve both individual physicalˆtness and their attitude towards it, as well as gaining basic understanding. The subjects were 41 junior high school students. Before and after the program, we conducted skill tests (ball juggling) and physicalˆtness tests (150 m sprint with a change in direction; 6 ×25 m sprints with direction changes and rest intervals of 30 s). Additionally, we conducted a test soccer game. At the end of each class, a questionnaire was conducted and the subjects' technical skills, physicalˆtness, and psychological aspects were self-assessed. After completing the program, another questionnaire was conducted regarding skill, attitude, and knowledge, conception and judgment aspects.When the pre-program and post-program test results were compared, the following were observed after completion of the program: 1) The subjects' ball juggling skills had improved signiˆcantly.2) The mean time for the 150 m sprint with a change in direction had improved signiˆcantly.3) The distance subjects were able to run during the test soccer game showed no signiˆcant diŠerence. 4) The results of the questionnaire at the end of each class showed that students thought they had improved in terms of outcomes, ball kicking skills, ball dribbling, interception, and positioning. With regard to physicalˆtness, the subjects felt that their anaerobic power and anaerobic capacity had improved. 5) The after-program questionnaire showed that 94.1 of the subjects had improved their understanding about how physicalˆtness is related to soccer. These results suggest that this soccer teaching program improved physicalˆtness levels, knowledge and attitude toward physicalˆtness among the participating subjects.Key wordsimprovement in physicalˆtness, physical education in school, ball game, small-sided game キーワード体力づくり，教科体育，球技，ミニゲーム