Japan Jounal of Sports Movement and Behaviour
Online ISSN : 2434-5636
The Morphological Study of a Corrective Coaching Example for Movement Difficulties in the “Straddle Vault" on the Vaulting Box
Koichi HASEGAWAKazuyoshi SHUTO
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2024 Volume 37 Pages 93-111

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In this study, we conducted corrective coaching for learners who had developed movement difficulties in the straddle vault due to past failures, examined from the perspective of the morphological movement theory. The results indicated that eliminating the original kinesthesia of "lowering arms from the front and pushing the vaulting box while falling forward" and generating new kinesthesia in the "first flight phase (from take-off on the springboard until contact on the vaulting table)" and the "second flight phase (from take-off on the vaulting table until landing)" led to improvements in the movement difficulties.

In the "first flight phase," the new kinesthesia of "swinging arms from behind and placing hands on the far end of the vaulting box" eliminated the original kinesthesia of "falling forward" and was shown to be a major kinesthesia for learners to perform the skill safely.In the "second flight phase," the new kinesthesia of "putting legs together and raising arms forward to land" played a similar role to the main kinesthesia in eliminating the original kinesthesia but served as supplementary kinesthesia for learners to perform the skill safely. Therefore, when instructing this kinesthesia, it was necessary to ensure that the main kinesthesia in the "first flight phase" was established and could be performed without conscious effort.

Additionally, appropriate "spotting" and "adjustments in learning steps" based on the learners' situations significantly contributed to eliminating and generating kinesthesia. As for spotting, we performed two different methods depending on the learners' situations and fear levels, which were only pulling the upper arm up or simultaneously pulling the learner's upper arm forward with one hand and pushing the thigh forward with the other. As for learning steps, we adjusted the initially planned "running approach to straddle vault" to a "walking approach to straddle vault" according to the learners' situations.

This study presented a new perspective on corrective coaching for movement difficulties in the straddle vault. We hope that the findings of this study will be effectively utilized in coaching physical education.

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