Satisfacción, Aprendizaje y Valoraciones de Escolares de Primaria ante las Actividades de Lucha con Agarre

Abstract

Judo is a grappling combat sport that may generate a wide variety of situations to enrich students’ motor skills. However, only few physical education teachers include combat sports in their syllabus. This transversal descriptive study examined opinions and perceptions of 47 elementary students (Mean age = 9.55 ± 0.62) after receiving a 8-sesions teaching unit (TU) about one grappling combat sport. Moreover, the relationships between such perceptions with intrinsic satisfaction and learning/academic achievement were examined. Results showed that students assessed positively the experience and perceived that contents were fun, useful and creative. Despite of the fighting elements, students did not perceive any danger. Moreover, although they perceived that techniques were difficult, learning was highly satisfactory. No gender differences were found or according to extracurricular practice of martial arts. These results suggest that grappling combat sports might be interesting and appropriate within physical education lessons.