Validity of an Athletic Skills Track among 6- to 12-year-old children |
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| Authors: | Joris Hoeboer Sanne De Vries Michiel Krijger-Hombergen René Wormhoudt Annelies Drent Kay Krabben |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Health, Nutrition &2. Sport, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands;3. Research group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment, The Hague University of Applied Science, The Hague, The Netherlands;4. Athletic Skills Track B.V, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;5. Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and validity of an Athletic Skills Track (AST) to assess fundamental movement skills among 6- to 12-year-old children in a physical education setting. Four hundred sixty-three Dutch children (211 girls, 252 boys) completed three tests: the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK) and two Athletic Skills Tracks (AST-1, AST-2). The validity of AST-1 and AST-2 was examined by correlating the time (s) needed to complete the tracks and the KTK Motor Quotient (MQ). Overall, there was a low correlation between AST-1 and the KTK MQ (r = –0.474 (P < 0.01)) and a moderate correlation between AST-2 and the KTK MQ (r = –0.502 (P < 0.01)). When split up by age group the associations were much higher and ranged between r = –0.469 and r = –0.767), with the exception of the low correlation coefficient of the AST-2 in 7-year-olds. The results indicate that fundamental movement skills of 6- to 12-year-old children can be assessed with a quick, convenient and low-cost motor competence test in a physical education setting, i.e., an Athletic Skills Track. Future studies should further assess the reliability, discriminative ability and validity of age-specific versions of the AST. |
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| Keywords: | Physical education child motor competence health paediatrics validity |
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