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    Effectiveness of Teaching Mini Handball through Non-Linear Pedagogy in Different Socioeconomic Contexts: A Pilot Study
    (2022) Espoz Lazo, Sebastián Ignacio; Farías Valenzuela, Claudio; Reyes Contreras, Víctor; Ferrero Hernández, Paloma; Giakoni Ramírez, Frano; Tapia Zavala, Mauricio; Duclos Bastías, Daniel; Valdivia Moral, Pedro
    Mini handball is among the sports included as part of school physical education in Chileto improve children’s motor skills and to motivate their adherence to a healthy and active lifestylein response to concerns about this country’s high level of childhood obesity. To this end, non-linearpedagogy (NLP) has been used to develop motor skills through mini handball in the school context.However, socioeconomic differences that influence the development of children’s motor skills havenot been considered to determine whether the methodology applies to everyone. The aim of thepresent observational study is to describe and compare the effectiveness of the previously appliedNLP methodology in two contrasting socioeconomic contexts to determine whether it helps todevelop motor skills through mini handball in both school contexts. The Levine test was usedto determine the homogeneity of the variances (p < 0.05), as the distribution of the data was notnormal. The Kruskal–Wallis H statistical test was used to analyse within-group data. Additionally,the Mann–Whitney U test was applied for comparisons between groups. The results show significantimprovements in the acquisition of the expected motor skills specific to mini handball. Additionally,a shortening of the gap was evidenced between the groups during the training process, with nosignificant differences at the end of the progression. Therefore, the investigated NLP is equally aseffective for schoolchildren in two opposite socioeconomic contexts.