Comparing Immediate and Delayed Bilateral Transfer in Children's and Adult's Throwing Skill

This study was conducted to compare the amount of immediate and delayed bilateral transfer in throwing skills of children and adults. It covers three main elements of age range, time scale and the type of hand.

Forty female children (7-8 years) and adults (18-19 years) were participated in an over head throwing skills similar to basketball hook shot. The experiment included: the preparation phase, pre-test, exercise phase, and post-test consisting of one immediate transfer test -10 minutes after the exercise phase- and one delayed transfer test -24 hours after the exercise phase. The findings of the research were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean & standard deviation) and mixed analysis of covariance with repeated measures, two-way analysis of variance, one-way analysis of variance and dependant t-test.

The results indicated no significant differences in the amount of immediate and delayed bilateral transfer between children and adults (P>0.05). Also, in two age groups, the transfer from non-preferred hand to the preferred hand was greater (P<0.05). No specific difference in immediate and delayed bilateral transfer was observed. Therefore, time didnt show changes in the amount of transfer.

These results have been discussed according to the existing literature and researches.