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Olga Kechagia; Ermioni Katartzi; Eleni Fotiadou; Paraskevi Giagazoglou – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The main aim of the present study was to identify motor difficulties in Greek preschoolers. Secondary aims were to identify possible differences in prevalence of motor difficulties related to gender, age, body mass index, place of residence, and hand preference. 302 preschoolers were assessed using the first age band (3-6 years) of the Movement…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Body Composition
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Beseler, Bradley; Williams, Kathleen; Plumb, Mandy S. – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2021
Background: Roberton's movement components are used to assess fundamental motor skills as segmental developmental sequences. In 1991, Haywood, Williams and VanSant determined that original developmental sequences proposed for the backswing levels of the overarm throw did not encompass all ages. Their study of older throwers identified two new…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motion, Motor Development, Physical Activities
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Liu, John; Wrisberg, Craig A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
In the present study, an attempt was made to examine the nature and persistence of bilateral transfer of a throwing skill for a large sample of male and female children. One hundred sixty children ages 6, 8, 10, and 12 years were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group with an equal number of boys and girls in each group. The…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Transfer of Training, Psychomotor Skills, Experimental Groups