The Effect of Self-Control and Cognitive Motive on Learning the Skill of 8-Shaped Circular Swing with the Balanced Rotation in Rhythmic Gymnastics for Female Students

Abstract

The research consists of five main sections. The first section includes the introduction, importance, problems, and objectives of the research, where the objectives are:

1. Identifying the degree of cognitive motivation through the performance of circular swing in rhythmic gymnastics by the female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Girls, University of Baghdad.


2. Identifying the relationship between cognitive motivation and self-control through the performance of circular swing in rhythmic gymnastics by the female students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Girls, University of Baghdad.

The two researchers discussed the theoretical studies in the second section of the paper. In the third section, the researchers dealt with the methodology of the experimental procedures and sample. The present sample consists of female students in the first stage in the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Girls, University of Baghdad, during 2018-2019. The total number of students was 42 members divided into two groups: experimental and control groups with 21 students per each group. We used regulated tests, pretests, and executed the main experiment in applying self-control and cognitive motivation in the form of eight educational units for the skill of 8-shaped circular weighted with the balanced rotation in rhythmic gymnastics. Then, post-tests were done using statistical methods. In section four, the researchers presented, analyzed, and discussed the results.  The most important results were shown in the fifth section, as follow:

1. The female students of the first year of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Girls, University of Baghdad, have a high degree of self-control and cognitive motivation. Besides, we found a moral relationship between self-control and cognitive motivation among first-year students.


2. The results showed the difference between the experimental and control group in learning the skill of the 8-shaped circular swing with the balanced rotation in the rhythmic gymnastics.