A Case Study: The Effects of Speed, Agility and Quickness (SAQ) Training Program on Hand-Eye Coordination and Dynamic Balance among Children

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to measure the level of hand-eye coordination and dynamic balance among children by using speed, agility and quickness (SAQ) training program. Sixty primary school children from Klang Valley were randomly assigned into two groups. The participant’s age ranged from 7 to 11 years old. The selected participants were divided into two groups which was experimental (N = 30) and control group (N= 30). The experimental group underwent SAQ training program for six weeks with two days training sessions per week. The control group did not participate in SAQ training program. The hand-eye coordination and dynamic balance ability were selected as criterion variables and was tested using ball toss test in order to start execution balance test. All participants of two groups were tested on selected dependent variables at prior and immediately after training program. The data were collected from each participant before and after the training period and statistically analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. There were significant improvements due to the effect of SAQ training program on hand-eye coordination and most of the variables tested in dynamic balance among the children. The study also showed that the differences in performance between the experimental and control group were only found in dynamic balance abilities which were left foot for lateral, right foot for posterior and right foot for anterior medial.