The Effects of patterns of lateral preference on propulsive skills with different level of task difficulty in girls 10-11

The aim of this causal-comparative research was to investigate the effects of lateral preference in the limbs-eye and task difficulties on propulsive skills in girls aged 10-11.

in this research with available sampling method, 100 girls from two sport clubs in Tehran were classified into 10 groups regarding to their preference patterns (4 groups of eye-hand patterns; 2 ipsilateral and 2 contralateral, 4 groups of eye-foot patterns; 2 ipsilateral and 2 contralateral, and 2 groups of pure and compound patterns of eye-hand-foot). Performance was measured using concentric circles test for the eye-hand pattern groups, doing 10 trials of hand throwing from both short (simple) and long distance (difficult). For groups of eye-foot pattern, MORE-CHRISTIAN foot preference test was used, performing 8 trials of shooting from both short (simple) and long distance (difficult). Ten trials of basketball free shots were performed for evaluating the performance of pure and compound patterns groups. Data were analyzed using 2-way ANOVA.

Results indicated no difference between children's performance with different preference pattern doing simple and difficult task in throwing skill.

It can be concluded that the throwing skills of girls aged 10-11 with different patterns of limbs and eye preference is not affected by their preference pattern in performing simple and even difficult task in throwing.