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Direct linkFerman Konukman; Andrew Sortwell; Bijen Filiz; Ertan Tüfekçioglu; Souhail Hermassi – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2025
Aquatic plyometric drills for children offer a promising avenue for promoting physical fitness and skill development. By following the guidelines recommended in this article, physical educators and coaches can ensure safe and effective implementation of these drills.
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Drills (Practice), Children, Physical Education
Ebin, Zachary; Lane, MarieFaith – String Research Journal, 2022
This study evaluates the dimensions of fractional-size violin bows in relation to the anthropometric and grip-strength measurements of children and adults. In string education, various methods and devices have been put forward to measure children for the correct violin size, but there is a lack of research regarding the proper bow size. Results…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Adults
Hassani, Fahimeh; Sheikh, Mahmoud; Shahrbanian, Shahnaz – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have problems such as inactivity and the lack of communication need interventions that enable them to participate in society just like their peers. The purpose of this study was to investigate 'I can have physical literacy' programme (ICPL) on physical literacy (PL) in children with ASD. This study…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Psychomotor Skills
Pfeiffer, Karin A.; True, Larissa; Martin, Eric; Siegel, Shannon R.; Branta, Crystal F.; Haubenstricker, John; Seefeldt, Vern – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2021
The Michigan State University Motor Performance Study (MPS) was initiated in 1967 and lasted 32 years. Three central components existed: 1) Educational component, in which students experienced applied work with youth; 2) Instructional component, whereby enrolled youth received sport-specific skill instruction; and 3) Research component. The…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Athletics, Physical Development, Maturity (Individuals)
Bloodworth, Andrew; McNamee, Mike; Tan, Jacinta – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Participation in elite sport, and in particular those sports with special demands in terms of weight and shape, is associated with a higher risk for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa [Sundgot-Borgen, J., & Torstveit, M. K. (2010). Aspects of disordered eating continuum in elite high intensity sports. "Scandinavian Journal of…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Athletics, Body Weight, Self Concept
French, Karen E.; Spurgeon, John H.; Nevett, Michael E. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare measures of body size in two samples of youth baseball players with normative data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth charts. One sample of youth baseball players participated in a local little league. The second sample of youth baseball players were members of eight…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Maturity (Individuals), Body Composition, Body Height
Rarick, G. Lawrence; Dobbins, D. Alan – Medicine and Science in Sports, 1975
Descriptors: Body Weight, Children, Elementary School Students, Exercise (Physiology)
PDF pending restorationZauner, Christian W.; Benson, Norma Y. – 1977
This investigation sought to determine whether the excellent performer evolves from typical material through training or if he brings facilitating characteristics with him to practice on the first day. Subjects were highly successful AAU age-group competitors who had invested at least 50 percent of their lives in swim training. These seven female…
Descriptors: Athletes, Children, Exercise (Physiology), Growth Patterns
Meredith, Howard V. – 1977
This booklet pertains to the size and the form of the human body in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Historic and current information is presented for individuals in population groups of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Differences in size and growth patterns between urban and rural individuals of the same racial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Body Height, Body Weight
Download full textBaldwin, Bird Thomas – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
It should now be recognized that every child has at least five parallel ages: A "chronological" age, in years, months, and days: a "physiological" age, indicative of physical growth and maturity; a "mental" age, significant of intellectual capacity and ability; a "school standing," or "pedagogical"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Stages, Physical Development, Adolescent Development
