Motor Competence in Adolescents: Exploring Association with Physical Fitness

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Thórdís Gísladóttir¹  Hermundur Sigmundsson²  Monika Haga³ 

[1] Center for Health and Sport Science, School of Education, University of Iceland, 105 Reykjavik, Iceland;Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;

关键词: motor skills;    physical fitness;    motor competence;    adolescents;   

DOI  :  10.3390/sports7070176

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to examine the correlation between adolescents’ performance on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children -2 (MABC-2) and the Test of Motor Competence (TMC), and second, to interpret the correlation between performance on physical fitness measures and motor competence. This study had a cross-sectional design, in which 101 adolescents age 15−16 years were recruited. The participants were assessed with the MABC-2 (eight tasks), the TMC (four tasks) and physical fitness measures (four tasks). Ninety-four participants completed all the test items (51% male). The correlation between the standard score of the MABC-2 and TMC total score was found to be moderate (r = −0.418). A weak correlation was found between MABC-2 and total score of physical fitness (r = 0.278), while the correlation between TMC and physical fitness was a little stronger (r = 0.361). However, when removing one measure from the TMC (the walking/running in slopes), the correlation was weak and not significant (r = 0.109). The results suggest that different test batteries can cause discrepancy in the results regarding correlation between motor competence and physical fitness in adolescents.

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