The Comparison of the Effect of Native - Local Games and Skipping Rope on Growth of Fine Motor Skills in Children between 6 to 8 Years Old

The purpose of this research is the comparison of the local indigenous games and jump roping plan effects on the growth of fine- motor skills for children between the age of 6 to 8. For this purpose, 120 children between the age of 6 to 8 were selected from primary schools of Tehran in cluster random mode. They were settled in to 4 groups: local indigenous game, jump roping plan, compound and control group. After pre- test they were settled in matching method. The plan carried out for groups during 4 months (16 weeks, 2 sessions a week and 50 minutes every session). Post- test was conducted in the seventeenth week. Multivariate Analysis of Variance method (MANOVA) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) have been used in order to carry out this test and hypothesis. The result showed that 3 group local indigenous game, jump roping and compound group had the better effects in fine- motor skills than the control group(p). In visual- motor control and upper limb speed & dexterity skills, jump roping group had better performance in comparison with the local indigenous game group. But in response speed skill, local indigenous game group did better than jump roping group. Also in all three fundamental motor skills, compound group had more effect than the other groups. According to these result, the training plan could be the appropriate work experience for children.