Discobolul – Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy Journal Year XV Vol. 58 no. 4, 2019 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS, BUCHAREST DISCOBOLUL Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy Journal Index Coverage of Discobolul ERIH PLUS, EBSCO, The Journals Impact Factor (JIFACTOR), Index Copernicus, Journals Master List, SCIPIO, Romanian Editorial Platform DOAJ, J-Gate, DAIJ, SIS - Scientific Indexing Service OAJI.net (Open Academic Journals Index) Google Academic APPEARS QUARTERLY Year XV Vol. 58 No. 4 October-December 2019 ISSN (online) 2286 – 3702; ISSN–L 1454 – 3907 www.discobolulunefs.ro Copyright © 2019 by Discobolul Publishing House All rights reserved Discobolul – Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy Journal Year XV Vol. 58 no. 4, 2019 CONTENT Fencing training effect on children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Lydia HATUEL-CZUCKERMAN ....................................................................................... 5 Impulsivity and irrational beliefs of injured basketball players Radu Emanuel RIZEANU, Mariana CORDUN ............................................................…. 13 Optimisation of coach-athlete communication Ion-Ovidiu PÂNIŞOARĂ, Alexandra PREDOIU, Georgeta MITRACHE, Georgeta PÂNIŞOARĂ, Radu PREDOIU ......................................................................................... 19 Particularities of play in children with autism spectrum disorders Răzvan Constantin DANCIU, Gheorghe MARINESCU, Laurențiu Daniel TICALĂ ....... 26 Optimising technical shooting skills at the shooting range by adjusting the intensity of the effort to junior biathletes Bogdan Iulian PELIN, Dragoș BONDOC-IONESCU, Ioan TURCU ................................ 33 Increasing the motivation of children to practice basketball by implementing the ”Fair-play” Cup-type competitive management Andreea Mădălina ANASTASIU, Maksym KHVOROST, Vladimir POTOP, Ion CARP............................................................................................................................. 37 Theoretical aspects of total training integrated in the physical training of the football player Adina DREVE, Marius STOICA, Cornel BLEJAN, Daniel ENE ...................................... 43 The impact of adventure education activities on the development of arm strength Virgil GANEA, Emilia Florina GROSU, Ramona-Niculina JURCĂU .............................. 48 Study on the improvement of shooting accuracy in Romanian wheelchair basketball players Alina Daniela MOANȚĂ, Gabriel Iulian GHIȚESCU, Alin Mihăiță SĂFTEL ................. 54 Study on the learning of badminton technique in 6-7 years old children Ştefan MAFTEI, Gloria RAȚĂ, Bogdan BREANĂ ........................................................... 60 Applicative coordination abilities - student safety factor in contemporary leisure activities Victor MANOLACHI, Alexei DEMCENCO, Veaceslav MANOLACHI ......................... 67 Reciprocal relationship between the game and training patterns in performance volleyball Nicolae-Lucian VOINEA, Gloria RAȚĂ ............................................................................ 74 Characteristics of the technical-tactical and physical training of ėpėe fencers aged 8 to 10 years Liviu Paul PAVEL, Ana Virginia PAVEL, Irina KRIVENTSOVA, Vladimir POTOP, Valeriu JURAT ................................................................................................................... 80 Discobolul – Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy Journal Year XV Vol. 58 no. 4, 2019 Performance sports education: a survey in thirteen european countries Constanţa Valentina MIHĂILA, Gabriela Alina PARASCHIVA ...................................... 85 How can athletes become social entrepreneurs? Rareș STĂNESCU, Luciela VASILE, Roxana BEJAN, Silvia STROESCU, Maxim MUKHAMODEEV, Hakan OZALP .................................................................................. 93 Aspects regarding the assessment and maintenance of Body Mass Index in adults Alina Mihaela CRISTUŢĂ, Mihai-Lucian CIUNTEA, Radu PREDOIU .......................... 97 Study on improving the specific physical training of the UPB representative football team Adrian PRICOP, Carmen GRIGOROIU ........................................................................... 102 Study on heart rate monitoring in functional training Georgiana Elena HARJA, Corina ȚIFREA ...................................................................... 107 5 Discobolul – Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy Journal Year XV Vol. 58 no. 4, 2019 FENCING TRAINING EFFECT ON CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER Lydia HATUEL-CZUCKERMANN1* 1 Ohalo College, Academic Institute for Education, Sciences and Sports, Katzrin, Israel *Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract. The present article relates the impact of a Fencing Training program applied to a population diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), as a therapeutic model for reducing the abnormal symptoms of this disorder. The correlation between physical activity (PA) and the benefits of mitigating ADHD symptoms is a common fact, while the added value of warrior skills reflected by Martial Arts such as Fencing on various areas of personality domains is a relative new terrain of research in the literature. The study (based on Czuckermann, 2016) was carried out for 9 months (90 min biweekly sessions) and included two groups (n = 20, 10 boys and 10 girls each) with a mean age of 10 at the beginning of the study. The experimental ADHD group was termed Fencing Training Experimental Group (FTEG); the control group was termed Physical Activity Control Group (PACG). The Inattention data, as reflected by the ADHD RS IV Questionnaire, indicate that the value difference between the preliminary stage and the final stage of the FTEG (193) is much greater than that of the PACG (52). As for the Hyperactivity/Impulsivity characteristic, the FTEG difference (180) is slightly greater than that of the PACG (162). The Fencing Training program was found to have higher impact on all ADHD characteristics, as reflected by the ADHD Rating Scale IV Questionnaire, supporting the presumption of superiority of the Fencing Training program over the plain PA program regarding the mitigation of ADHD symptoms. Keywords: fencing, ADHD, physical activity. Introduction This article presents the effect of fencing training and physical activity (PA) programs on the ADHD diagnosed population, as reflected by the ADHD RS (Rating Scale) IV Home Edition Questionnaire (DuPaul et al., 1998). ADHD, as it is known today, is a neurobehavioral disorder defined by the American Psychiatric Association (2013) as “a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by impairing levels of inattention, disorganization, and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity”. Given that it is neither a new viral disease as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that has emerged only recently, nor is a new side effect of the latest technological development as the Computer Vision Syndrome, it can be said that ADHD is one of the latest fashionable disorder of the society. Actually, ADHD has existed since the beginning of human evolution and, during our history, we lived with it without even being aware of its existence and the influence it might have on our careers. Since the first disclosure of the phenomena, back in 1836, with the nursery rhyme “Fidgety Phil” by Hoffmann (1848) in his book Struwwelpeter, society has adopted the argument that “the history is written by the winners – the winners take it all” by putting aside theories seeing in ADHD other than a disorder, for instance: Hartmann’s Hunter vs. Farmer Theory (1993) raising the challenging question: “Is ADHD really a disorder or just a group of wonderful gifts inherited from the hunter – well-suited to a simple way of life but often incompatible with the more complex society in which we find ourselves?” Armstrong’s Neurodiversity Theory (2010) stating that ADHD is no more than a diverse neurological condition appearing as a result of normal variations in the human genome. Moreover, the subjects have full legalisation to live their lives as they are in the authentic forms of human diversity and self- expression. Social Construct Theory, supported by Szasz (1961), who has argued that ADHD is “invented and not discovered” and is not necessarily an actual pathology, but a socially constructed explanation to describe behaviours that simply do not meet prescribed social norms. More recently, Saul (2014) has made a bridge between Neurodiversity and Social Construct stating that “ADHD is not a condition on its own, but rather a symptom complex caused by over twenty separate conditions – from poor eyesight and giftedness to bipolar disorder and depression – each requiring its own specific treatment”. The influence of PA on ADHD has been comprehensively investigated during the last years under numerous aspects: PA shows promise for addressing ADHD symptoms in young children (Smith et al., 2013); Kiluk, Weden and Culotta (2009) have observed that practicing PA promotes emotional functioning; Gapin, Labban and Etnier (2011) and Berger et al. (2014) report that PA reduces the risk for ADHD symptoms; functional adaptation of children with ADHD can be clinically relevant with a structured PA program (Verret et al., 2012); reduced impairment associated with ADHD following moderate-to-vigorous pre-school PA intervention relative to a sedentary classroom-based intervention (Hoza et al.,