The Effect Of An Obstacle Gymnastics Program On Some Motor Abilities Of Autistic Children

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Faculty of Sports Sciences for Girls Department Training of Rhythmic Exercises and Artistic Gymnastics

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The research aims to design a program for obstacle gymnastics on some motor abilities represented in (speed - strength - balance - agility - coordination). The researchers used the experimental method with a pre- and post-experimental design for one group due to its suitability to the nature of the research. The basic research sample was chosen intentionally from autistic children in the age group between 9: 12 years at the Rhythm Center and consisted of (14) autistic children, and they were divided into (8) autistic children to conduct the basic study by applying the experiment. (6) autistic children were chosen and divided into two groups, the distinguished group and their number was (3) autistic children and the second non-distinguished group and their number was (3) autistic children, and they are from the research community and outside the basic research sample to conduct the exploratory study. The results of the study concluded that there is a positive effect of the games and obstacles gymnastics program on the level of performance of some motor abilities in its dimensions (strength - balance - agility - speed - coordination) for the autistic child. There is a positive effect of applying a program for obstacle gymnastics on some motor abilities for the autistic child.

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