title: Validity of an Athletic Skills Track among 6- to 12-year-old children.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and validity of an Athletic Skills Track (AST) to assess fundamental movement skills among 6- to 12-year-old children in a physical education setting. Four hundred sixty-three Dutch children (211 girls, 252 boys) completed three tests: the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK) and two Athletic Skills Tracks (AST-1, AST-2). The validity of AST-1 and AST-2 was examined by correlating the time (s) needed to complete the tracks and the KTK Motor Quotient (MQ). Overall, there was a low correlation between AST-1 and the KTK MQ (r = -0.474 (P < 0.01)) and a moderate correlation between AST-2 and the KTK MQ (r = -0.502 (P < 0.01)). When split up by age group the associations were much higher and ranged between r = -0.469 and r = -0.767), with the exception of the low correlation coefficient of the AST-2 in 7-year-olds. The results indicate that fundamental movement skills of 6- to 12-year-old children can be assessed with a quick, convenient and low-cost motor competence test in a physical education setting, i.e., an Athletic Skills Track. Future studies should further assess the reliability, discriminative ability and validity of age-specific versions of the AST.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sport , The Hague University of Applied Sciences , The Hague , The Netherlands.|b Research group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment , The Hague University of Applied Science , The Hague , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoeboer
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sport , The Hague University of Applied Sciences , The Hague , The Netherlands.|b Research group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment , The Hague University of Applied Science , The Hague , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Sanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Vries
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sport , The Hague University of Applied Sciences , The Hague , The Netherlands.|b Research group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment , The Hague University of Applied Science , The Hague , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krijger-Hombergen
authors.affiliation: c Athletic Skills Track B.V , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wormhoudt
authors.affiliation: d Faculty of Human Movement Sciences , VU University Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annelies
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drent
authors.affiliation: d Faculty of Human Movement Sciences , VU University Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krabben
authors.affiliation: d Faculty of Human Movement Sciences , VU University Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savelsbergh
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009068:Movement; D009426:Netherlands; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013177:Sports; D013996:Time and Motion Studies
keywords: Physical education; child; health; motor competence; paediatrics; validity