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Integrating fundamental movement skills in late childhood
Fecha
2013-08-02Registro en:
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, MISSOULA, v. 114, n. 2, supl. 1, Part 3, pp. 563-583, APR, 2012
0031-5125
10.2466/10.11.25.PMS.114.2.563-583
Autor
Gimenez, Roberto
Manoel, Edison de Jesus
De Oliveira, Dalton Lustosa
Dantas, Luiz Eduardo Pinto Basto Tourinho
Marques, Inara
Institución
Resumen
The study examined how children of different ages integrate fundamental movement skills, such as running and throwing, and whether their developmental status was related to the combination of these skills. Thirty children were divided into three groups (G1 = 6-year-olds, G2 = 9-year-olds, and G3 = 12-year-olds) and filmed performing three tasks: running, overarm throwing, and the combined task. Patterns were identified and described, and the efficiency of integration was calculated (distance differences of the ball thrown in two tasks, overarm throwing and combined task). Differences in integration were related to age: the 6-year-olds were less efficient in combining the two skills than the 9- and 12-year-olds. These differences may be indicative of a phase of integrating fundamental movement skills in the developmental sequence. This developmental status, particularly throwing, seems to be related to the competence to integrate skills, which suggests that fundamental movement skills may be developmental modules.