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Introduction: Motivation allows the individual to stay in a given action, enables the effectiveness of pertinent processes for the achievement of a specific or general objective, which in the case of physical activity is related to its systematicity and, therefore, the maintenance of a better lifestyle.Objective: The research focused on diagnosing the motivation towards the practice of physical activities in Assistants of the "Las Piñas" Gerontological Center of the Milagro Canton.Materials and methods: The methodology used responds to a descriptive-explanatory research, of a qualitative nature. With a type of non-probabilistic sampling, 60 older adults are studied as a participating population, classified by gender. An adapted research instrument was used, applying the Rossemberg test as a basis and a valid survey for the measurement of the two variables.Results: The results of the research determined that there is a high percentage of adults who are sedentary, in relation to gender it was found that women have a higher rate of inactivity than men, without significant differences (p=0.982). Another response found is that many older adults find the perception of not being able to keep up with others, illnesses, fear of injury, among others, as limitations to physical activity, being variables of consideration in the prospective design of a strategy playful to improve the quality of life of the samples under study.Conclusions: As part of the conclusions, it is suggested that changes be made in the lifestyle of the older adults studied, the main thing is the motivation that can be instilled in them from home and from families.

Introduction: The concentration of attention is essential in boxing, an activity where the athlete faces an opponent at close range, in a fight that takes place in a limited time, placing high demands on the attention process. Objective: The present study aimed to compare the concentration of attention in boxers category 15 - 16 years of the Sport Initiation School (Eide in Spanish) "Mártires de Barbados" in Havana, before and after the psychological intervention of the process. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 20 athletes of competitive interest. The evaluation was carried out at two moments during the special preparation stage; the first before carrying out psychological intervention actions of the process and the second after eight weeks carrying them out. For the initial diagnosis, the following techniques were used: Landolt Ring Test, self-assessment scale for athletes, external assessment scale for coaches, interviews with athletes, and structured observation of training and competitions. In the retest, the first three techniques mentioned were repeated. Results: The main results initially obtained were a concentration evaluated as bad and regular in 50 % and 40 % of the sample, respectively, expressed mainly in the repetition of errors already corrected by the coaches and in difficulty in maintaining focus. Post-intervention, an improvement in attention concentration was verified, obtaining a diagnosis of good, very good and excellent in 35 %, 20 % and 20 % of the sample, respectively. Conclusions: It is concluded that the proposed intervention contributed to an improvement in the diagnosis of the process.

Introduction: Pre-sports games are a form of motor play of an intermediate type between game and sport, overlapping elements of the sports modality, responsible for revaluing the playfulness of sport beyond the existence of a winner or a loser.Objective: The research aimed to develop a booklet of compensatory corrective pre-sports games for students with intellectual disabilities.Materials and methods: Booklet that includes a total of 15 games inside, structured as follows: objective, name of the game, motor skills to train, communication skills to train, physical capacities that favors, method to use, procedures and organizational forms, it also complies with the methodological steps of the games, necessary materials, organization, development, rules and variants. Research methods such as document analysis, interview, survey, class observation and methodological triangulation were used.Results: The booklet of compensatory corrective pre-sports games constitutes one more of the curricular adaptations designed for the teaching-learning process in students with special educational needs, in which the personalized treatment is enhanced in correspondence with the psychopedagogical characteristics that the students possess.Conclusions: The pre-experiment carried out on the booklet of compensatory corrective pre-sports games for students with intellectual disabilities in the municipality of Pinar del Rio allowed us to examine its eloquent influence on the preparation of students for an adult and independent life that is reduced in better quality of life.

Introduction : The research work shown in this article offers a response to the lack of guiding documents for the direction of the teaching-learning process of the steps and runs as technical elements of connection in the competitive exercises of rhythmic gymnastics; which, in turn, constitutes support for the application of the Comprehensive Program for the Preparation of the Athlete (PIPD 2017-2020) and training support for the coaches in charge of preparing the gymnasts. Objective: This directed the objective of the research to the elaboration of a methodological guide in multimedia format that serves the trainers in the process of teaching these elements contained in the PIPD. Materials and methods: The theoretical level research methods used (analysis and synthesis, system approach) and the empirical level (survey, interview and specialist criteria, document analysis and video observation). Results: The aggravated affectation of teaching by the various acting methodological technical models is demonstrated. Conclusions : It is concluded by stating that a methodological guide must contain the technical description and its teaching methodology , the most common errors, elements of special preparation for achievement and recommendations.

Introduction: A biokinematic analysis of gait was performed in patients with hemiplegia, which is the paralysis of one side of the body, recognized in the context of medical sciences and therapeutic physical culture as hemiplegic syndrome. Objective: It consisted of determining the biokinematic modifications that are manifested in the gait of patients with hemiplegia in the "Pedro Díaz Coello" health area of Holguín.Materials and methods: The sample consisted of five patients who received systematic care in the rehabilitation room of the health area of the " Pedro Díaz Coello" polyclinic in the municipality of Holguín. The interviews conducted with medical and physical rehabilitation personnel who work in the health area, with researchers from the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the University of Holguín, the review of normative documents on multidisciplinary work and the observation of rehabilitation sessions, showed the need to address the issue from biomechanics, given the limited quantification of its indicators. In order to analyze the behavior of biokinematic indicators of pathological gait, the videographic technique was used. With the Kinovea software, in version 0.8.27, the controlled indicators were quantified. Results: Together with the qualitative study for each patient, it allowed a comparison of the characteristics of their gait with the normal pattern and the elaboration of a group of recommendations to be considered during the physical rehabilitation process. Conclusions: It was possible to analyze the behavior of the biokinematic indicators of hemiplegic gait in the patients studied, their comparison with normal gait, as well as a set of recommendations to be taken into account in the rehabilitation process

Introduction: At the Cuban Sports Research Center, studies have been carried out to improve the mental representation of poomsae in high sports performance of taekwondo, related to the logical ordering of its technical sequence. However, it is also necessary to assess the dynamic accents of the movement, which are also evaluated in competition. Objective: The objective of this work was to determine, through a test, the level of knowledge of the technical and dynamic component that the athlete possesses in the mental plane of a pre-established exercises complex such as the world taekwondo poomsae Materials and methods: The empirical methods of documentary review and measurement test were used, as well as the theoretical Inductive-deductive and abstraction methods. Likewise, a formula was assumed to determine the effectiveness of the technical and dynamic ordering of the poomsae, as well as the use of statistical procedures of empirical distributions of frequency with percentage distribution. The population was a study of ten taekwondo specialists, of which subject number eight is presented in a case study. Results: Among the fundamental results, omissions of technical order were identified, but also of important dynamic aspects in the internal model of the studied subject that were not previously detected and, now with this proposal, they can be methodologically treated with greater focus to eradicate them. Conclusions: The theoretical referents on the subject of study supported the analyzes and theoretical inferences expressed by the authors about the theoretical feasibility of the test studied, in which a didactic and methodological enrichment of its content and evaluation was appreciated.

Introduction: The physical activity professional helps with important contributions to the programs, applies health education and strengthens the physical and psychological preparation of the population. Hence, the research was focused on showing the results of a program of therapeutic physical activities. Objective: The objective of this work was to develop a program of therapeutic physical activities, characterized by a comprehensive approach in health education that allows a better prescription in the biopsychosocial preparation of pregnant women with gestational diabetes in achieving a satisfactory delivery. Materials and methods: For this, a study of pre experimental of minimum control design was carried out, with a duration of three years (2019-2021). The selected sample was made from a stratified, non-probabilistic intentional sampling. Theoretical and empirical methods were used, as well as research techniques, among which analysis and synthesis, inductive-deductive, systemic-structural functional, documentary analysis, structured observation, interview and survey stand out. Results: The program was carried out through the implementation of therapeutic physical exercises. Sixteen pregnant women with gestational diabetes participated, more than 56% showed high levels of anxiety, depression and stress. The 88% showed low levels of physical fitness. The 100% managed to positively modify behavior towards healthy lifestyles with good metabolic control. The 94% achieved good physical and psychosocial condition, they also decreased the dose of insulin. Conclusions: The study showed that the prescription in the biopsychosocial preparation aimed at achieving a satisfactory delivery in pregnant women with gestational diabetes was improved.

Introduction: Cuba, immersed in a tenacious struggle for its identity and development since the beginning of the Revolution, set out to develop its scientific-technical potential. Today it can be talked about science at the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation. This organization has a qualified scientific human potential, which directs its research in this branch and the satisfactory results that translate into medals are inescapable evidence. The established policy on Science, which establishes the regulations and legal bases for the application of Science, Technology, Innovation and the Environment, takes into account the state of the processes that comprise it. Objective : To determine the causes and barriers that limit the functioning of the System of Science and Technological Innovation of Physical Culture and Sports (SCITMA of CFD) in Cuba. Materials and methods: A group of methods and techniques were applied for this purpose (documentary analysis, Brainstorming technique, SWOT matrix, CAP survey, Ishikawa Diagram).Results: These applied techniques revealed the causes and barriers that limit the functioning of the System of Science, Technology, Innovation and Environment of Physical Culture and Sports in Cuba, a result that allowed rationally anticipating and ordering the changes and actions required for this purpose. Conclusions: The route for change was presented based on strategies with short and medium term goals, in which the minimum conditions for its implementation are established.

Introduction: Body composition is a fundamental indicator to define the nutritional status of the runner. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the effects of the nutritional periodization intervention on the body composition of elite junior Djiboutian runners in middle distance. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 22 male runners, aged between 16 and 18 years. For the assessment, an experiment consisting of 11 subjects in the control group and 11 in the experimental group was designed. As anthropometric measurements, weight, height and six adipose tissue were taken to evaluate the percentage of fat, adiposity index, body mass index and active body substance index, since, in order to monitor the proposed intervention, an interview of reminder 24 hours seven days. Results: A periodized diet was designed, with the manipulation of carbohydrates. Nutritional periodization with high and low carbohydrate intake for 12 weeks significantly (p<0.05) decreased percentage fat without altering body weight or active body substance index in juvenile middle-distance Djiboutian runners from the experimental group. Conclusions: The exposed results contribute to improve the biomedical control of training in elite junior middle-distance runners in Djibouti, since there were data limitations on their body composition and the effect that periodized nutrition could have on these indicators.

Introduction: International and national organizations demand a training process that facilitates access to technical knowledge, from modern teaching methods , that is inclusive, equitable and of quality. Objective: In response to this, the research was aimed at diagnosing the current state of the technical training process of Olympic wrestling. Materials and methods: For this purpose, a longitudinal study was carried out from 2012 to 2021, selecting 18 managers, 59 wrestlers and 24 coaches as a sample. Two mobile phones were used to record and obtain the images of the combats, from where the observations of the technique were made. The methods used were the dialectical-materialist, as well as those of a theoretical and empirical nature, highlighting the review of documents, the interview, the survey and the observation, while as a verification tool the methodological triangulation, fundamental in the process of describing the object of study. Results: The applied procedures determined the existence of difficulties in the pedagogical-sports direction, the scientific-technical content system and the analysis of key factors of the technique, especially, with handling of the action model (video library), the video -analysis (execution parameters), the common factor (selection of successful and unsuccessful cases) and working documents (technical sheets and comparison list). Conclusions: Finally, the guidelines of a didactic model for the trainig of the technique are declared, based on a systemic elaboration of the scientific-technical contents and the analysis of key factors, considering the information and communication technologies (ICT).