The effect of using cross trainings on developing some coordination abilities and improving the performance level of modern creative dance

The researcher noticed during her work as a teacher of kinetic expression in general and modern creative dance in particular in Physical Education Faculty that there is a considerable decrease in the performance level of the female students in the skills of the kinetic phrase designated for them. The researcher attributed this to the decrease of coordination abilities level related to raising the performance level of some skills the students have which led to their being unable to perform in smooth sequential way especially in performing the complex motor skills that require a coordination between the moves performance of the head, the arms and the legs, which affected the smooth motor performance. Also, the lack of economizing the exerted effort due to their use of the muscle groups which are not desired in the performance. This reflected on the students’ performance level of  motor skills designated for them and  consequently on technical and performance form of the kinetic phrase as a whole. By viewing many modern training methods and techniques, the researcher saw that improving the performance level of the students can be done by developing the coordination abilities which have a clear role in raising the  performance level of some modern dance skills, through using a new kind of training which is the cross training by making a suitable training program based on scientific bases and contains athletic activities and diverse training techniques of the cross trainings.