Ivan Vrbik

Motor skills can be improved through rapid on-the-job training or slower multi-session learning. The objective of this study was to determine the rapid learning differences between male and female university students during the execution of two motor coordination tests. Available data from 716 female and 331 male college students were retrospective...

The main goal of this paper was to determine the effect of the flipped learning method on the level of acquisition of certain motor knowledge regarding the classic method. The research was conducted on 33 pupils of first graders in a rural elementary school, out of which, 16 boys and 17 girls aged 6 and 7 years. The pupils were divided in two group...

The intention of this study was to find out if external focus of attention, steering the archers' focus on distal movement effects, will provide better shooting accuracy expressed as higher number of 10 points and higher overall result. The subject sample was consisted of 10 elite male archers, with average age 25.8 years. The sample of variables w...

The studies confirm that instructions and feedback that induce external focus of attention (oriented on movement outcome) result with greater efficiency in motor performance and learning regarding internal focus of attention (oriented on bodily dimensions). Advantages and differences between external and internal focus of attention have been proved...

This study was conducted among 137 male students (average age 16.1) of a vocational high school via an online questionnaire concerning online schooling, PE class participation and participation in recreational (leisure) activities before and during the pandemic lockdown. According to the p-value of the Wilcoxon test (p=0.014), the mean value (3.92:...

The first aim of the study was to determine if there are significant gender differences in newly applied motor skills tests in primary-school children concerning the protocol applied. The second aim was to determine how the newly implemented protocol using a video demonstration of the task affects the differences in outcome between boys and girls c...

The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of use (not) allowed supplementation among recreational users and other forms of fitness and recreational content. Domestic and foreign literature clearly indicates the existence of (not) allowed supplementation in sports recreation. It should be noted that the problem o...

PURPOSE: Objective of this research was to evaluate influence of morphology and power abilities on performance of exercise methodically preceding to jump-shooting technique in team handball METHODS: Multiple regression analysis was used in order to determine partial influence of explosive throwing power on final grades, and influence of explosive j...

The advancement of technology and an easy access to it have contributed to everyday use of different technical aids in all aspects of human society as an essential work asset. In the area of education, especially within the area of physical exercise, when a new task is introduced, the most frequently used method is “live” demonstration, which enabl...

The advancement of technology and its easy access contributed to the everyday use of different technical aids in all aspects of human society as an essential asset for work. In the area of education, especially within physical exercising, for information transfer and familiarizing with the new task at hand, the most common way of introducing a new...

Evaluation of the teaching methods for complex kinesiological activities in the example of basketball two step jump up

The purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of the two teaching methods on the example of basketball two step jump up. Fifty pupils participated in this study. Pupils were randomly divided in two subsamples, based on the method applied for teaching the motor task. The first method was the standard procedure (23 pupils), the second metho...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of the two teaching methods on the example of basketball two step jump up. Fifty pupils participated in this study. Pupils were randomly divided in two subsamples, based on the method applied for teaching the motor task. The first method was the standard procedure (23 pupils), the second metho...

Purpose: The number of familiarization sessions in fitness assessments seems to be critical and inconsistent. Therefore, the primary aim of this research was to determine the number of familiarization attempts that stabilize the results in particular physical fitness tests. The secondary aim was to establish the test reliability through familiariz...

Demonstration is a widely used method in sports teaching and coaching, as well in Physical education classes. The most commonly used types of demonstration live demonstration and video demonstration. However, a direct comparison between these two types of model has rarely been undertaken in a motor context. Therefore, the aim of this reseasrch is t...

The aim of this research was to determine the effect of two different metric protocols, the present standard and a new protocol with a video demonstration of the task, on reliability and homogeneity of motor skills assessment tests for the students in primary education. The sample of participants comprised ofstudentsin the third and fourth grades f...

The main purpose of this paper was to present single channel EEG records and heart rate (HR) changes during shooting routine of 8 experienced archers. Possible differences between recurve and compound shooters in named values were investigated in accordance to arrow score. Additional contribution of this study was systematical review of psychophysi...

SAŽETAK U ovom radu predstavljene su morfološke karakteristike 37 vrhunskih hrvatskih juniorskih i seniorskih rukometaša. Mjerenja su provedena putem seta od 27 antropometrijskih mjera, izmjerenih na 9 krilnih igraèa, 6 pivota, 5 golmana i 17 vanjskih igraèa. Postotak masti ITM (Indeks tjelesne mase) su izraèunati. Univarijatna analiza varijance (A...

This study was a transversal research with the goal of finding existence of differences in morphological characteristics and motor skills between high school girls and boys. For this purpose a total of 410 high school pupils have been examined in Zagreb. The sample included 205 boys and 205 girls, from 15 to 19 years of age. All subjects were teste...

Cilj ovog rada bio je prikupiti i analizirati dosad objavljene radove koji se bave nekim psihološkim pristupom nastavi tjelesne i zdravstvene kulture u osnovnoj i srednjoj školi u Hrvatskoj. Trideset i jedan rad prikazan je u nekoliko kategorija kroz stavove, roditelje i djecu, navike vježbanja, motivaciju, odnos nastavnika prema nastavi i drugo. P...

On the 2nd grade male pupils of Industrial and craftsman high school in Sisak a research was conducted with the main purpose of evaluating effects of two different curriculum programs: JMO Program (Unified model of education) – obligatory one hour per week (35 hours per year), and Program B (Industrial professions) – obligatory two hours per week (...