Efficiency of using cheerleading for flexibility development at female students of teacher training college

Abstract

Purpose: to define dynamics of indicators of flexibility development at female students of 15-17 year old after using cheerleading exercises. Material and methods: researches were conducted on the basis of teacher training college of Kharkiv humanitarian-pedagogical institute. 385 female students of the I-III courses of non-sports profile took part in them, from whom 3 control and 3 experimental groups were created. Cheerleading elements (basic movements, jump elements, stunts and so forth) were included in educational process of female students of experimental groups during the experiment. The following methods of the research were applied: theoretical analysis and generalization, pedagogical experiment, pedagogical testing, methods of mathematical statistics. The development level of flexibility was determined by indicators of mobility of a backbone at bending (cm), backbone mobility at arching (cm), mobility in a coxofemoral joint (degrees), and mobility in a shoulder joint (degrees). Results: it is defined that the development level of flexibility of female students, on average, answers assessment "unsatisfactorily"; positive dynamics of indicators of flexibility after using cheerleading exercises is established. Conclusions: application of cheerleading elements in educational process positively affected the development level of flexibility of 15-17 year old female students. Indicators of active mobility in a shoulder joint most essentially improved, and the greatest gain in indicators of the development level of flexibility is recorded at 15 year old girls.