The relationship between physical fitness and motor competence in children

Haga, Monika

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00814.x

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“…Até, aproximadamente, os 10-11 anos de idade, não existem diferenças importantes na composição corporal que justifiquem a superioridade do sexo masculino em medidas de aptidão física 14,15 . Desse modo, as diferenças encontradas nessa faixa etária podem indicar um menor envolvimento com a prática regular de atividades físicas no sexo feminino, uma vez que existe uma forte relação entre o nível de aptidão física e a prática de atividades físicas de crianças e adolescentes [16][17][18][19] . A estabilização de desempenho no sexo feminino após os 11 anos foi verificada em outros estudos brasileiros 5,[20][21][22][23][24] .…”

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Indicadores de aptidão física de escolares da região centro-oeste da cidade de São Paulo

Luguetti

Ré

Böhme

2010

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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Resumo -Os objetivos deste estudo foram: a) mensurar indicadores de aptidão física em crianças e adolescentes, de acordo com a idade cronológica e o sexo; b) classificar seu desempenho por meio das tabelas normativas do PROESP-BR. Participaram do estudo 3145 escolares selecionados aleatoriamente (1590 meninos e 1555 meninas), com idades entre 7 e 16 anos, que realizaram os seguintes testes: distância percorrida em 9 minutos de corrida, salto horizontal, arremesso de medicine-ball e flexão abdominal em 1 minuto. Foram verificadas diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os sexos em todas as idades cronológicas, bem como nas comparações entre os jovens do sexo masculino de diferentes idades cronológicas. No sexo feminino, não houve diferenças significantes no fator idade cronológica, existindo, ainda, uma tendência de estabilização do desempenho a partir dos 11/12 anos de idade. Classificando-se os jovens nas tabelas normativas do PROESP-BR, observaram-se valores elevados, em geral, superiores a 50%, para a classificação "ruim" (abaixo do percentil 40) em todos os testes para ambos os sexos, principalmente, no feminino; essa mesma tendência foi observada na comparação com outros estudos brasileiros. Considerando os valores médios obtidos, concluiu-se que os jovens, principalmente, do sexo feminino, apresentam um baixo nível de aptidão física, fato que justifica a necessidade de programas de promoção de saúde na região centro oeste de São Paulo, especialmente, voltados à prática de atividades físicas. Palavras-chave: Aptidão física; Saúde escolar; Atividade motora. Abstract -The objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate indicators of physical fitness in children and adolescents according to chronological age and gender; b) to classify their performance using the PROESP-BR normative tables. A total of

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Indicadores de aptidão física de escolares da região centro-oeste da cidade de São Paulo

Luguetti

Ré

Böhme

2010

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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“…One of these is motor competence (Clark & Metcalfe, 2002;Gallahue, Ozmun, and Goodway, 2012). Motor competence refers to the ability to execute diverse motor tasks in a skilful manner, which includes the coordination of both gross and fine motor skills (Gallahue, Ozmun, & Goodway, 2012;Haga, 2008). The role of motor competence in children's physical activity levels has been conceptualized in a theoretical model by Stodden et al (2008; recently revised by Robinson et al in 2015).…”

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Configurations of actual and perceived motor competence among children: Associations with motivation for sports and global self-worth

Bardid

Meester

Tallir

et al. 2016

Human Movement Science

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This version is available at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/58172/ Strathprints is designed to allow users to access the research output of the University of Strathclyde. Unless otherwise explicitly stated on the manuscript, Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Please check the manuscript for details of any other licences that may have been applied. You may not engage in further distribution of the material for any profitmaking activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute both the url (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/) and the content of this paper for research or private study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.Any correspondence concerning this service should be sent to the AbstractThe present study used a person-centred approach to examine whether different profiles based on actual and perceived motor competence exist in elementary school children. Multilevel regression analyses were conducted to explore how children with different motor competence-based profiles might differ in their autonomous motivation for sports and global self-worth. Validated questionnaires were administered to 161 children (40% boys; age = 8.82 ± 0.66 years) to assess their perceived motor competence, global self-worth, and motivation for sports. Actual motor competence was measured with the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder. Cluster analyses identified four motor competence-based profiles: two groups were characterized by corresponding levels of actual and perceived motor competence (i.e., low-low and high-high) and two groups were characterized by divergent levels of actual and perceived motor competence (i.e., high-low and low-high). Children in the low-low and high-low group displayed significantly lower levels of autonomous motivation for sports and lower levels of global self-worth than children in the lowhigh and high-high group. These findings emphasize that fostering children's perceived motor competence might be crucial to improve their motivation for sports and their global self-worth.Teachers and instructors involved in physical education and youth sports should thus focus on both actual and perceived motor competence.

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“…The suggested four factors could be viewed as broader aspects of movement skills in the growth and refinement phase (Gabbard, 2004) and specialized movement phase (Gallahue & Ozmun, 1998) in relation to the already established basic movement categories of locomotor, object control, and stability skills in the fundamental movement skills (FMS) phase. The component of strength in Factor 1, here labeled strength and coordination skills , have in previous research shown to be related to good results in movement skill testing (e.g., Haga, 2008;Hands et al, 2009;Stodden et al, 2009;Thomas & French, 1985). A component of strength can be understood as an important part in movement skill development.…”

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“…Movement competency has also proved to be important in terms of the physical fitness of children (Haga, 2008), adolescents (Hands, Larkin, Parker, Straker, & Perry, 2009) and young adults (Stodden, Langendorfer, & Roberton, 2009). Movement competence can generally be described as the ability to use voluntary movements in order to achieve a specific purpose or goal (Magill, 2011).…”

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“…They point out that tests measure different aspects and/or levels of motor competence and should DEVELOPMENT OF A MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT TOOL 5 not be used interchangeably, which is sometimes the case. Haga (2008) investigated the relationship between motor competence and physical fitness in children aged 9-10 with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC). The purpose of this test is mainly to identify children with motor impairment (Henderson, Sugden, & Barnett, 2007).…”

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Development and Initial Validation of the NyTid Test: A Movement Assessment Tool for Compulsory School Pupils

Tidén

Lundqvist

Nyberg

2015

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

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This study presents the development process and initial validation of The NyTid test, a process-oriented movement assessment tool for compulsory school pupils. A sample of 1260 (627 girls and 633 boys; mean age of 14.39) Swedish school children participated in the study. In the first step, exploratory factor analyses (EFA) were performed in Sample 1, consisting of one third of the participants. The EFA indicated that the 17 skills in the test could be reduced to 12 and divided into four factors. In the second step, the suggested factor structure was cross-validated with confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) in the larger Sample 2.The NyTid test adopts a holistic perspective in which qualitative criteria offer an alternative approach to product-oriented measurement. The study confirms that the NyTid test is a valid process-oriented assessment tool designed for typically developed children aged 12 and 16.

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The relationship between physical fitness and motor competence in children

Abstract: These results are relevant to the work of maintaining and developing both sufficient physical fitness and motor competence in children as these factors are important contributors to their health and well-being.

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Indicadores de aptidão física de escolares da região centro-oeste da cidade de São Paulo

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Configurations of actual and perceived motor competence among children: Associations with motivation for sports and global self-worth

Development and Initial Validation of the NyTid Test: A Movement Assessment Tool for Compulsory School Pupils

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