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The objective of this study was to compare the effect of digital (i.e., augmented reality [AR]) and live demonstrations of two fundamental motor skills. The motor skills were horizontal jump and over-the-shoulder throw with performance criteria described in the Test of Gross Motor Development—Second Edition (TGMD-2). We developed a digital model using AR installed on a tablet computer compatible with the Android operating system. We recruited 131 children and assigned them to three age groups: G1, 3-5 years old ( M =  4.25, SD =  0.71 years); G2, 6-8 years old ( M =  7.16, SD =  0.79 years); and G3, 9-11 years old ( M = 10.13, SD= 0.84 years). Randomly, half of the children in each group performed the two motor skills after watching either the AR or the live demonstrations; seven days later, all children repeated the motor skills with the demonstration type inverted. We applied Wilcoxon’s test with statistical significance set at p <  .05 and found no significant performance differences based on demonstration exposure from AR versus live modeling. We propose that AR technology is a potential tool for demonstrating human movement.

Purpose. the paper aimed to compare the performance related to passing among the categories of professional and U-15 futsal players, in open and closed contexts. Methods. In total, 25 athletes were evaluated in 2 tests, namely open and closed contexts. the former aimed to observe the complexity of in-game execution in a dynamic and unpredictable mode, while the closed test simulated a closed and predictable task through the isolated execution of the pass. to compare the groups, the Student's t and Mann-Whitney tests were used, respectively, with the level of significance at p < 0.05. Results. there were significant differences across categories in the performance related to the open pass skill (p < 0.001). there were no significant differences in the closed pass context (p = 0.414). Conclusions. Only the open context test identified differences in performance between categories, with the superiority of professional players.