Does Bigflayerball develop the motor and social skills of Secondary Education students?

Abstract

Currently there is a deficit of alternative divided court sports that favor the development of social skills and motor skills in students. The objective of the present study was to analyze the results of a learning situation about a novel alternative sport called BigFlayerBall. The research was carried out during nine sessions with a group of 25 students (15 boys and 10 girls) from the first year of Secondary School. Regarding the methodology, a hybridization of three pedagogical models was used (Teaching Games for Understanding, Sports Education Model and Formative and Shared Evaluation). The analysis of results showed that all students exceeded the evaluation criteria associated with the learning situation. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed in the results regarding sex. In conclusion, the current learning situation contributes to the acquisition of the specific competencies of the subject of Physical Education, developing the student's social and motor skills.