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Evaluation of Gross Motor Coordination and Physical Fitness in Children: Comparison between Soccer and Multisport Activities

The early detection and continuous monitoring of children’s motor competence levels and physical fitness is very important. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in motor coordination of children enrolled in soccer and multisport activities. The participants of this study includ...

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Autores principales: Popović, Boris, Gušić, Marko, Radanović, Danilo, Andrašić, Slobodan, Madić, Dejan M., Mačak, Draženka, Stupar, Dušan, Đukić, Goran, Grujičić, Dragan, Trajković, Nebojša
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823890
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165902
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author Popović, Boris
Gušić, Marko
Radanović, Danilo
Andrašić, Slobodan
Madić, Dejan M.
Mačak, Draženka
Stupar, Dušan
Đukić, Goran
Grujičić, Dragan
Trajković, Nebojša
author_facet Popović, Boris
Gušić, Marko
Radanović, Danilo
Andrašić, Slobodan
Madić, Dejan M.
Mačak, Draženka
Stupar, Dušan
Đukić, Goran
Grujičić, Dragan
Trajković, Nebojša
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description The early detection and continuous monitoring of children’s motor competence levels and physical fitness is very important. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in motor coordination of children enrolled in soccer and multisport activities. The participants of this study included 147 boys and girls (mean age 7.60 ± 0.85 years). The total sample of subjects was composed of two subgroups: children who were enrolled in organized exercise programs—multisports (n = 77), and children who were engaged in soccer training (n = 70). Motor coordination was evaluated with the Kiphard–Schilling body coordination test (KTK). Physical fitness was assessed with a 20 m shuttle run test, 4 × 10 m shuttle run test, standing long jump, and handgrip strength. The ANCOVA showed significant differences (p < 0.05) with large effect size between groups for tests hopping for height (d = 0.93), total motor quotient (d = 1.31), jumping sideways (d = 1.32), and moving sideways (d = 1.59), after adjusting for age and gender. There were no significant differences between groups in the physical fitness tests. It can be concluded that children enrolled in multisport activities have higher levels of motor coordination than children who are enrolled only in soccer. Therefore, multiple sport training programs should be considered and encouraged by parents, educators, and other training professionals.
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spelling pubmed-74597112020-09-02 Evaluation of Gross Motor Coordination and Physical Fitness in Children: Comparison between Soccer and Multisport Activities Popović, Boris Gušić, Marko Radanović, Danilo Andrašić, Slobodan Madić, Dejan M. Mačak, Draženka Stupar, Dušan Đukić, Goran Grujičić, Dragan Trajković, Nebojša Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The early detection and continuous monitoring of children’s motor competence levels and physical fitness is very important. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in motor coordination of children enrolled in soccer and multisport activities. The participants of this study included 147 boys and girls (mean age 7.60 ± 0.85 years). The total sample of subjects was composed of two subgroups: children who were enrolled in organized exercise programs—multisports (n = 77), and children who were engaged in soccer training (n = 70). Motor coordination was evaluated with the Kiphard–Schilling body coordination test (KTK). Physical fitness was assessed with a 20 m shuttle run test, 4 × 10 m shuttle run test, standing long jump, and handgrip strength. The ANCOVA showed significant differences (p < 0.05) with large effect size between groups for tests hopping for height (d = 0.93), total motor quotient (d = 1.31), jumping sideways (d = 1.32), and moving sideways (d = 1.59), after adjusting for age and gender. There were no significant differences between groups in the physical fitness tests. It can be concluded that children enrolled in multisport activities have higher levels of motor coordination than children who are enrolled only in soccer. Therefore, multiple sport training programs should be considered and encouraged by parents, educators, and other training professionals. MDPI 2020-08-14 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7459711/ /pubmed/32823890 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165902 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Đukić, Goran
Grujičić, Dragan
Trajković, Nebojša
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459711/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165902
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