Methodological alternative for the development of sports skills in horizontal jumps for the 8-9 years old category

Abstract

Sports initiation has become a fundamental link for the entry of minors into the practice of a modality in any field of sport, however, the dialectical relationship between internal biological factors and external pedagogical factors acquires a special significance, since the development and improvement of motor skills and development of physical abilities are dependent on the maturation processes of the sport. The organization of children who are initiated in sports, are not considered the Athletics Teaching Program that is implemented in Cuba, nor by many coaches in their pedagogical practice, so the objective of this research was to design a methodological alternative for the development of sports skills in horizontal jumps for the 8-9 years old category.  in correspondence to the levels of maturation at these ages, for which both theoretical and empirical methods were used. As a general conclusion of the study, it was found that the proposed methodological alternative is viable, and the users felt great satisfaction with it.