Evaluation of the motor shooting tests in athletes with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

People with intellectual disabilities present a low development of their coordination skills. However there are not many studies focused in its development or in compare different levels or groups of practice in specific sport tests. The main objective of this paper is to study the performance of athletes with intellectual disabilities in three different motor tests. Also results in base of two different groups (successful and less successful in the shooting test) were compared. Results showed that the successful group in the shooting test obtained better results in the accuracy test and the total score too. It seems that successful group had a total development of the shooting skill and they are able to show it in different situations.

Keywords

• motor tests
• adapted sport
• intellectual disabilities