The effect of individual and group games on motor skill proficiency in children with developmental coordination disorder

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1 Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Motor Behaviour, Sport Sciences Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of individual and group games on the level of proficiency of motor skills in children with developmental coordination disorder. The current research, is of a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design. The statistical population of the present study included children with developmental coordination disorder in Mashhad city with an age range of 9-8 years. For this purpose, a number of 45 individual were selected through available and targeted sampling and after obtaining written consent, they were randomly assigned to one of the three groups of individual, group and control games. The tools used in this research were the Persian version of the developmental coordination disorder questionnaire, the MABC test and the BOT-2 test. The implementation method was that first the BOT-2 pre-test was taken from the subjects, then the research intervention was performed in group and individual games for a period of 8 weeks, twice a week for 45 minutes. After completing the intervention, the BOT-2 post-test was again taken from the subjects. The data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of covariance with Benferoni follow-up. The results of this research showed that the intervention of group and individual games had a significant effect on improving children's motor development. Also, regarding the difference between the groups (sig=0.001), the results showed that group games were more superior than the other two groups. Therefore, due to the greater effectiveness of group games, it is suggested to trainers and therapists to use group games to enrich the conditions of their training interventions.

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Mind, Movement, and Behavior
Volume 5, Issue 1
March 2026
Pages 35-58

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  • Receive Date: 12 April 2025
  • Revise Date: 07 August 2025
  • Accept Date: 02 September 2025

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