title: Sport stacking activities in school children's motor skill development.
abstract: This study examined the impact of a 12-wk. sport stacking intervention on reaction time (RT), manual dexterity, and hand-eye coordination in elementary school-aged children. 80 Grade 2 students participated in a 15-min. sport stacking practice session every school day for 12 wk., and were tested on psychomotor performance improvement. Tests for choice RT, manual dexterity, and photoelectric rotary pursuit tracking were conducted pre- and post-intervention for both experimental group (n = 36) and the controls (n = 44) who did no sport stacking. Students who had the intervention showed a greater improvement in two-choice RT. No other group difference was found. Such sport stacking activities may facilitate children's central processing and perceptual-motor integration.
authors.affiliation: Motor Behavior Laboratory, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA. yuhuali@memphis.edu
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ransdell
authors.forename: Lyndsie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D009048:Motor Skills; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth; D011930:Reaction Time; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*