Teaching application of human motion mechanics in dance education and improvement of students’ physical quality
Abstract
This paper discusses the teaching application of human motion mechanics in dance education and its effect on improving students’ physical quality. Through literature review, this paper systematically combs the basic theory of human motion mechanics and its importance in dance education, and analyzes the positive influence of dance education on students’ physical quality. In this study, 120 students aged 12–15 in a dance school were randomly divided into experimental group and control group. The experimental group adopted the teaching method of integrating human kinesiology, while the control group adopted the traditional dance teaching method. The experimental period was 12 weeks. The results showed that the flexibility (increased by 40.1%), explosive power (increased by 16.5%), balance ability (increased by 81.2%) and coordination (increased by 48.4%) of the experimental group were significantly better than those of the control group (p < 0.01). The results show that the teaching application of human kinesiology can optimize the structure of dance movements, improve the efficiency of energy transfer, and significantly improve students’ physical fitness, which provides strong empirical support for the scientific and modern dance education.
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