The Effects of Slackline Practice on Concentrated Care

Abstract

The objective of this study was to verify if, due to its specific demands related to balance maintenance, the practice of Slackline can contribute to the improvement of the concentrated attention of children of school age. Thus, six (6) children aged between 9 and 12 years whit difficult learning were included as a sample of this study, which counted as an intervention action for a period of 12 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions of 1 hour each, of training with Slackline. For the data collection, the numerical grid test was used in the Evaluation of Concentrated Attention. In the statistical treatment, descriptive statistical methods were used. For the inference of the results obtained in the test process, the Student t Test was used for dependent samples. The results show a statistically significant improvement in the performance achieved after the training period with Slackline. This result, although still inconsistent, points to this modality as a potential strategy to increase learning, based on the improvement of the concentration capacity of its practitioners.