ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES IN THE SUCCESS OF TEACHING WINDSURFING

The purpose of this study is to establish if there are any differences in the success of teaching windsurfing between males and females. The inquiry was conducted on a sample that consisted of 122 male students and 58 female students of the faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Zagreb, enrolled in their third year of study for the academic years 2009/10 and 2010/11. For the realization of set goals it was necessary to design a quality system of gathering information, which was based on the evaluation of motor knowledge supported by three main technique elements of windsurfing: Start, Tack, and Gybe. Based on experience, it is considered that mastering this kinesiology activity of motor knowledge is best evaluated by these three main elements. Judges have estimated the mastering of the aforementioned technique elements with grades from one to five. The methods applied for the analyzation of the data are aligned with the goal of the study, based on earlier insights and considered appropriate for this type of work. By discriminant analysis statistical differences between the success of male and female instruction of the main technique elements of windsurfingn have been detected, with the applicable 5 percent deviation in the results. The difference in the results was influenced by all three key elements of wind surfing technique, while the Start element caused the biggest distinction.