Studia Kinanthropologica

Studia Kinanthropologica 2022, 23(2):99-106 | DOI: 10.32725/sk.2022.008

Innovations in the teaching of rhythmic gymnastics at UK FTVS

A. Kozáková, J. Černá, V. Novotná

Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu, Katedra gymnastiky a úpolových sportů

Rhythmic gymnastics (RG) is a form of music-movement education combined with dance education and manipulation od equipment. It cultivates students in terms movement, aesthetic, cultural and social aspects. Research results show that RG is rarely included in teaching at schools. The reason is mainly the use of the traditional form of RG teaching and the insufficient preparation of teachers for teaching exercises closely connected with music.
That´s why, in the preparation of future teachers at UK FTVS, we verified in the subject RG and Didactics of gymnastics an innovative teaching method that accentuates selected components of RG education. We focused especially on the psychological side of teaching – on the motivation to practice with music and on the development of Perceptual skills – Rhythmic feeling and sense of rhythm. If future teachers themselves experience and understand the importance and wide possibilities of the impact of RG teaching on the overal development of personality, we assume that in our future practice we use components of RG to influence movement creativity, develop specific skills, manipulate
even no-traditional tools and hand apparatuses. From movement skills, we focus on flexibility, influencing, balance, mastering movement in space, overal support of individual movement expression and socialization aspects when exercising with music.
We assume that the innovative approach in the teaching of RG will positively influence the preparedness of future teachers and expand their skills, which will lead to the modernization of teaching by more frequent use of the connection of movement with music, to simulate the movement improvisation of their students and to increase the range of their movement aktivity.

Keywords: school physical education, teacher preparation, music-movement education, rhythm, exercise with music

Received: October 10, 2022; Revised: November 15, 2022; Accepted: December 19, 2022; Published: January 11, 2023  Show citation