TACTICAL LEARNING IN INVASION SPORTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS’ BASELINE

Resumen

The purpose of the present study was to compare the effect of an invasion sports program during physical education lessons on objective tactical learning according to students’ baseline level. 85 students from 5^th-6^th grade of primary education carried out two teaching units of futsal and basketball during the physical education sessions. The control group performed the teaching units following a traditional technical-tactical approach and the experimental group following a tactical approach. The experimental group students were divided according to their baseline tactical skill in low (< P₅₀), and high (≥ P₅₀). Before and after the intervention the objective tactical skill in invasion sports was assessed. The results showed that only the schoolchildren with low baseline level significantly improved their tactical skill in invasion sports after a short-term program.