PhD, Associate Professor N.A. Vinokurova¹
PhD, Associate Professor M.I. Vasilieva¹
A.D. Pavlova^1
1Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk

Corresponding author: nadezhda vinok@mail.ru

Abstract

Objective of the study was to test and analyze benefits of a coordination skills building model for beginner shooters with elements of ethnic games and sports.

Methods and structure of the study. Progress of the sample in coordination skills and physical fitness was tested in the experiment by a standard test toolkit including the 4x9m shuttle cubes-carrying sprint test, Romberg's test and Yarotsky's test. We used SKATT shooting simulator to rate individual progress by the practical rifle shooting tests. We sampled for the coordination skills building model testing experiment the 11-14 year-old beginner shooters (n=14) with 1-2-year training records and split them up into EG and RG. The EG was trained as required by the new coordination skills training model with the ethnic sports elements, whilst the RG training was standard. We selected the following ethnic sports elements for the coordination skills training in the EG:

- "Lean Cow Raise" to build leg strength, coordination and balance;

- "Oybontonuulaain" (Watering) to excel coordination skills, joint motility and dexterity; and

- "Tutumergir" (Spinner) to train flexibility, coordination skills and grip strength;

The trainings were complemented with the table folk game "Khabylyk" (Chips), one of the most ancient ones played with splinters used by every Yakut family to make fire, and known to excel eye accuracy, thinking skills and fine finger movements; and "Khaamiska" (Pebbles) game with "five pebbles" popular the world over in different versions with the only local difference that the 1x1.5cm wooden cubes are used instead of natural pebbles. 

Results and Conclusion. The new coordination skills building model for beginner shooters with elements of ethnic sports and games was tested beneficial for the theoretical and practical trainings. Prudently designed and managed ethnic sports elements are recommended for application in shooting sports as they help excel coordination skills, discipline, diligence, dedication, endurance and perseverance. The ethnic sports and games are highly effective for physical activation in idle times, mental health protection and improvement and healthy lifestyle cultivation purposes, with special benefits for easily trained coordination skills, provided the training systems are well designed and managed on a progress-customized basis. The pre- versus post-experimental tests in the EG and RG found the ethnic sports elements being highly beneficial for beginner rifle shooters as verified by the fast and stable progress in practical shooting tests.

Keywords: rifle shooting, beginner rifle shooters, coordination skills, ethnic games and competitions.

Background. Indigenous nations of the Russian Far North take pride in their ethnic education traditions very specific in every method, tool, element and culture on the whole – that has helped the local people to survive in the harsh climate [2] where winters last for at least eight months a year to expose people to multiple mental and physical health risks. The original and unique ethnic sports, health practices and games are known to comprehensively develop many physical qualities (strength, speed, endurance, dexterity etc.) plus excellent willpower and ethics with the relevant aesthetical and communal values. The traditional ethnic sports are highly dynamic, accessible for everybody, very practical and easy for mastering – as they have always been used to make children highly fit for difficult local lifestyle and develop the key qualities and skills critical for hunting, reindeer/ animal breeding and surviving [3]. This is the reason why the sports experts and trainers in every sport discipline practiced in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) have to make resort to the traditional ethnic culture in the attempts to excel their training systems and progress test toolkits [1].

Objective of the study was to test and analyze benefits of a coordination skills building model for beginner shooters with elements of ethnic games and sports.

Methods and structure of the study. Progress of the sample in coordination skills and physical fitness was tested in the experiment by a standard test toolkit including the 4x9m shuttle cubes-carrying sprint test, Romberg's test and Yarotsky's test. We used SKATT shooting simulator to rate individual progress by the practical rifle shooting tests. We sampled for the coordination skills building model testing experiment the 11-14 year-old beginner shooters (n=14) with 1-2-year training records and split them up into EG and RG. The EG was trained as required by the new coordination skills training model with the ethnic sports elements, whilst the RG training was standard. We selected the following ethnic sports elements for the coordination skills training in the EG:

- "Lean Cow Raise" to build leg strength, coordination and balance;

- "Oybontonuulaain" (Watering) to excel coordination skills, joint motility and dexterity; and

- "Tutumergir" (Spinner) to train flexibility, coordination skills and grip strength;

The trainings were complemented with the table folk game "Khabylyk" (Chips), one of the most ancient ones played with splinters used by every Yakut family to make fire, and known to excel eye accuracy, thinking skills and fine finger movements; and "Khaamiska" (Pebbles) game with "five pebbles" popular the world over in different versions with the only local difference that the 1x1.5cm wooden cubes are used instead of natural pebbles. 

Results and discussion. The pre- versus post-experimental coordination skills / physical fitness tests in the EG and RG found the group progresses in the dexterity-rating 4x9m shuttle cubes-carrying sprint test virtually identical at 0.98s in the EG. The coordination skills rating special-difficulty Romberg test found the EG and RG making progresses of 15.7s and 0s, respectively. And the vestibular analyzer functionality rating Yarotskiy's test rated the EG progress at 0.79s, with the RG lagging 0.66s behind the EG in the test.

On the whole, the pre- versus post-experimental EG/ RG tests found the ethnic sports elements being highly beneficial for the 10m pneumatic rifle shooting as verified by the fast and stable progress of the EG in practical shooting tests. It should be also mentioned that the EG was tested fresh and free of fatigue after the practical shooting tests with multiple settings for shooting and excellent results. The digitalized SCATT simulator assisted tests found the EG shooting profiles being free of lapses of concentration and fluctuations. As a result, the EG showed a faster and more stable progress in practical shooting tests estimated at 36.4 points on average. The RG was tested with a notable albeit in significant progress of 20.2 points.

Conclusion. The new coordination skills building model for beginner shooters with elements of ethnic sports and games was tested beneficial for the theoretical and practical trainings. Prudently designed and managed ethnic sports elements are recommended for application in shooting sports as they help excel coordination skills, discipline, diligence, dedication, endurance and perseverance. The ethnic sports and games are highly effective for physical activation in idle times, mental health protection and improvement and healthy lifestyle cultivation purposes, with special benefits for easily trained coordination skills, provided the training systems are well designed and managed on a progress-customized basis. The pre- versus post-experimental tests in the EG and RG found the ethnic sports elements being highly beneficial for beginner rifle shooters as verified by the fast and stable progress in practical shooting tests.

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