The Impact of determined Jumping Rope Exercises on Object Control Skills in Students with Intellectual Disability

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of determined jumping rope exercises on object control skills in students with intellectual disability (ID). Through a quasi-experimental method, thirty students with ID (age 8 to 11 years) were selected utilizing a purposive sampling method. All participants were tested using object control subscale in Test of Gross Motor Development and based on different scores of this test. They were randomly assigned into two experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. Experimental group executed jumping rope exercises for 8 weeks, 3 sessions per week and each session lasting 45 to 50 minutes. In this period, control group executed current school activities and had no other sports regularly activity to be effective. Finally, both groups were tested again and afterwards, required data were collected. To examine, whether the assumptions is significant the analysis of covariance was used. Data analysis revealed that after performing determined jumping rope exercises, object control skills, were significantly increased (α=0.05). According to the findings, it is suggested that jumping rope exercises could be implemented for improving object control skills in students with ID.