Contribution regarding speed development on children aged between 12-14 years

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is the application of athletics methods and resources in order to develop speed motor ability of children aged between 12-14 years old. At this age, prepubertal age, the rate of psycho-physiological and physical development intensifies, influencing motor skills development also. Through specific methods and athletics resources we wanted to know in what extent the speed development (response speed, execution speed and repetition speed) can be influenced at this age. The methods that are included in this study are: disability method, repetition method, competition method, exercises method, etc. Obtained results confirmed that the chosen resources and methods have helped speed development for children from the experimental group compared with the results obtained from those from the control group.