CLARIFICATIONS ON THE FINGER BALL AND ITS DIDACTIC-PEDAGOGICAL APPLICATION IN SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This essay addresses the topic of Finger Ball, aiming to clarify its application in the practices of Physical Education in schools, exploring the pedagogical and didactic aspects of the action itself. It is a subject of extreme scientific, theoretical, and empirical relevance because it opens up spaces for teaching proposals, observation from diverse areas of knowledge, and self-learning. Its epistemic relevance lies in the fact that it provides conditions to explore behavioral spaces and, through playful intervention, understand intrinsic processes and develop intervention mechanisms that improve aspects related to cognitive fields. This is a theoretical essay, produced from applied experiences that were subsequently analyzed, leading to deductions and conclusions about the impact of the activity on the motor development processes of the students who participated. Finger Ball is a game of skill and motor coordination that simulates a miniature football match. Designed for all ages, it provides fun, a sense of competition, and coordinated psychomotor stimulation, representing an innovative and accessible pedagogical approach that expands the possibilities of experiencing sports in the school environment, with the aim of cognitive and intellectual development.