The influence of the sporting game (basketball) on the general education of children aged 9-11

The sporting game as the main branch of the Physical Education (PE) is activity-oriented to achieve motive performance as well as to develop positive behaviour and personality traits. The present study emphasizes the main influences on the 9-11-year-old children personality and behaviour through practicing sporting games. We initiated the applying of a sport program with instruction stages, certain objectives and methods, which aims to acquiring ethical conduct, confronting and managing different situations of success and failure, collaborating, communicating and developing the fair-play spirit. The program are applied to a number of 20 children, boys aged 9-11 years old, who are practicing basketball twice a week. The team sporting game leaves a special imprint on children's personality and will by requiring self-control and emotion-control in the team rivalry, the desire to win and the efficient solving of the game situations through initiative, cooperation and suitable motive actions. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.