Development of coordination abilities of primary school children

The study aimed to determine the influence of the traditional classical exercise on the development of the reaction speed of boys and girls studying in the first grade. Methods: The pedagogical experiment was conducted from September 3, 2022 to May 28, 2023. The study involved 100 children aged 7-8 years who studied in the 1st grade of an ordinary school in the Russian Federation. The schoolchildren practiced physical education according to the standard school curriculum 2 times a week for 40 minutes in each lesson. During the 9 months of training, 74 lessons were conducted. Children from the experimental group additionally performed traditional classical exercises for 6-7 minutes during the lesson. To determine the level of development of responsiveness in schoolchildren, the "Ball Touch" test was used. All the indicators of the children were entered into an Excel spreadsheet, the Student's T-criterion was also used, with a significance level of p0.05) during the study period. In the experimental group, in which children additionally performed special exercise classics, the indicators became 9.4% higher in boys from 269.2±5.2 to 243.8±6.2 (p<0.05), and in girls, the indicators increased by 8.6% from 271.2±6.5 to 247.9±6.6 (p<0.05). Conclusion. The physical exercise "classics" has shown its effectiveness for developing the reaction speed of schoolchildren aged 7-8 years. If you perform this exercise for 6-7 minutes at each physical education lesson at school, then the children's reaction speed will significantly and significantly improve. Keywords: Physical exercises, Coordination abilities, School curriculum, Children's health.