STUDYING AMBIDESTRIA IN SCHOOLCHILDREN OF THE CITY OF CHELYABINSK IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDENT SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY AND OPERATIONAL SURGERY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to study the frequency of occurrence of ambidexterity among professional athletes and schoolchildren who go in for sports only as part of the school curriculum in physical education classes. The work was carried out on the basis of the MBU DS "Torpedo" in Chelyabinsk in the hall for playing volleyball and basketball in the 2022-2023 academic year. The study involved 12 athletes of the MBOU "School No. 12 in volleyball" in Chelyabinsk, born in 2006, who have been training volleyball for six years (Group I) and 13 students of the MBOU "Secondary School No. 68 in Chelyabinsk", born in 2006, who are engaged in sports only within the framework of the school curriculum in physical education lessons and were selected as a comparison group (Group II). All students were matched for age and gender. As a result of the study, it was found that ambidexterity is recorded in athletes more often than in ordinary people who do not have intentional training in this skill. So, in our study, among volleyball athletes, almost 70% have acquired ambidexterity, which is associated with the peculiarity of the sport, where the ball can and should be thrown with both the right and left hand. However, according to statistics, only 1% of children are born with ambidexterity. So this ability can be developed after birth. The results of our study allow us to consider schoolchildren's sports activities, including in sports sections, as a way of harmonious development of personality due to the uniform development of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.