Tailball helps develop children’s coordination researchers find

A simple bat and ball game has been the subject of interest by researchers at Staffordshire University.

The Mookie Tailball, was studied by researchers, looking at how the specially weighted ball, its trajectory and tail could affect the development of children’s sporting skills.

The Tailball is a take on traditional bat and ball games, featuring a tail to enable better flight.

Nachiappan Chockalingam, Professor of Clinical Biomechanics at Staffordshire University, says: “Our research indicated that, in the children who participated, Tailball facilitated the acquisition of advanced coordination patterns in ballistic motor skills more than a conventional ball would and also increased the child’s confidence in their playing ability.”

The results of six weeks of experiments with 20 children, found that youngsters  aged between four and 10 years of age could improve their hand-to-eye coordination within days by playing with the tailed ball .

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