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Validity and feasibility of an obstacle course to assess fundamental movement skills in a pre-school setting
- Source :
- Journal of Sports Sciences. 37:1534-1542
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2019.
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Abstract
- Failure to master age-appropriate fundamental movement skills (FMS) at a young age can limit motor skill competence affecting health. Assessments often have issues with feasibility and implementation in a field setting. As such, the purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and feasibility of the Athletic Skills Track (AST), in a pre-school setting. For the validation study sixty-five 3–6 year old children (25 boys and 40 girls) from five pre-schools across Adelaide, Australia participated. Correlations and linear regression analysis (adjusted for age and gender) were used to investigate the association between the time to complete the AST and the raw score of the Test of Gross Motor Development 2 (TGMD-2). For the feasibility study pre-school staff completed a semi-structured interview regarding the feasibility of the AST. The AST took less than a minute per child and the TGMD-2 around 20 minutes for two children. There was a strong negative correlation (r = −0.63, p < 0.01) between the AST scores and the TGMD-2 scores. All five staff reported strengths of the AST to be its short administration time, setup and appropriateness. These results suggest that the AST could be a feasible and valid method of FMS assessment in Australian pre-schools. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Movement
education
Applied psychology
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
behavioral disciplines and activities
Interviews as Topic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
motor skill competence
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Competence (human resources)
Motor skill
child development
pre-school
Medical education
tv.genre
feasibility studies
Movement (music)
Obstacle course
Australia
food and beverages
030229 sport sciences
Child development
tv
Young age
Cross-Sectional Studies
Motor Skills
Child, Preschool
Exercise Test
Linear Models
Feasibility Studies
Female
Pre school
School Teachers
Psychology
Preschool education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1466447X and 02640414
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Sports Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....952ee746a0699d8aceb0286ef6a00ce2