Relationship of Cardiorespiratory Endurance to Fundamental Movement Skill Proficiency among Adolescents

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Okely ◽  
Michael L. Booth ◽  
John W. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Object Control ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skill ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Activity Survey ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Endurance ◽  
Grade 8

This study investigated a possible relationship between cardiorespiratory endurance and fundamental movement skill proficiency among adolescents. Locomotor (run and jump) and object-control (catch, throw, kick, and strike) skills and cardiorespiratory endurance, indirectly measured using the Multistage Fitness Test (MFT) or PACER, were assessed in 2,026 boys and girls in Grade 8 (mean age = 13.3 years) and Grade 10 (mean age = 15.3 years), who were part of a randomly selected sample who agreed to participate in the New South Wales Schools Fitness and Physical Activity Survey, 1997. Boys had higher levels of cardiorespiratory endurance and were more competent than girls on 5 out of 6 skills. Grade 10 students were better on all skills and were aerobically fitter than Grade 8 students. All six skills and a skills index were related to the number of laps completed on the MFT. The six skills explained 20% and 26% of the variance in the number of laps completed on the MFT for Grade 8 and Grade 10 girls, respectively, and 12% and 17% for Grade 8 and Grade 10 boys, respectively. This finding can be interpreted as evidence of a relationship between cardiorespiratory endurance and fundamental movement skills among adolescents. Further studies are recommended to determine if improved movement skills in adolescents can promote cardiorespiratory endurance.

scholarly journals Effect of a 6-Week Active Play Intervention on Fundamental Movement Skill Competence of Preschool Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Foulkes ◽  
Z. Knowles ◽  
S. J. Fairclough ◽  
G. Stratton ◽  
M. O’Dwyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Active Play ◽  
Play Intervention ◽  
Object Control ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skill ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills ◽  
Skill Scores ◽  
Cluster Randomized

This study examined the effectiveness of an active play intervention on fundamental movement skills of 3- to 5-year-old children from deprived communities. In a cluster randomized controlled trial design, six preschools received a resource pack and a 6-week local authority program involving staff training with help implementing 60-minute weekly sessions and postprogram support. Six comparison preschools received a resource pack only. Twelve skills were assessed at baseline, postintervention, and at a 6-month follow-up using the Children’s Activity and Movement in Preschool Study Motor Skills Protocol. One hundred and sixty-two children (Mean age = 4.64 ± 0.58 years; 53.1% boys) were included in the final analyses. There were no significant differences between groups for total fundamental movement skill, object-control skill or locomotor skill scores, indicating a need for program modification to facilitate greater skill improvements.

Motor Skill Interventions to Improve Fundamental Movement Skills of Preschoolers With Developmental Delay

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan A. Kirk ◽  
Ryan E. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Intervention Effect ◽  
Object Control ◽  
Robust Designs ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills ◽  
And Gender

Preschoolers with developmental delay (DD) are at risk for poor fundamental movement skills (FMS), but a paucity of early FMS interventions exist. The purpose of this review was to critically appraise the existing interventions to establish direction for future trials targeting preschoolers with DD. A total of 11 studies met the inclusion criteria. Major findings were summarized based on common subtopics of overall intervention effect, locomotor skill outcomes, object-control outcomes, and gender differences. Trials ranged from 8 to 24 weeks and offered 540–1700 min of instruction. The majority of trials (n = 9) significantly improved FMS of preschoolers with DD, with a large intervention effect (η2 = 0.57–0.85). This review supports the utility of interventions to improve FMS of preschoolers with DD. Future researchers are encouraged to include more robust designs, a theoretical framework, and involvement of parents and teachers in the delivery of the intervention.

British Bravery, or Tars Triumphant: Images of the British Navy in Nautical Melodrama

1988 ◽  
Vol 4 (14) ◽  
pp. 122-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Davis
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New South ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Theatre History ◽  
Popular Theatre ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, melodrama has increasingly been recognized not only as an important element in popular theatre studies, but for the intrinsic importance of the form itself. Less considered has been the relationship of the material of melodrama to the ‘real life’ it reflected in a highly conventionalized yet ultimately (for its audiences), recognizable fashion. Here, Jim Davis looks at one major category, nautical melodrama, setting the images of the navy and of sailors that it created alongside factual and critical accounts of life at sea in the first half of the nineteenth century. He conveys both the pressures that existed for redress of abuses, and the consequent balance between coercion and subversion in the melodramas themselves – drawing in particular on the memoirs of Douglas Jerrold to explore aspects of the ambiguity to be found in contemporary attitudes. Jim Davis, who is the author of several books and articles in the area of nineteenth century theatre history, is presently teaching in the School of Theatre Studies at the University of New South Wales.

scholarly journals The 24-h Movement Compositions in Weekday, Weekend Day or Four-Day Periods Differentially Associate with Fundamental Movement Skills

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 828
Author(s):  
Clare M. P. Roscoe ◽  
Michael J. Duncan ◽  
Cain C. T. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Compositional Data ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Compositional Data Analysis ◽  
Motor Competence ◽  
Object Control ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between weekday, weekend day and four-day physical activity (PA) behaviours and fundamental movement skills (FMS) in British preschool children from a low socio-economic status background using compositional data analysis (CoDA). One hundred and eighty-five preschool children aged 3–4 years provided objectively assessed PA and sedentary behaviour (SB) data (GENEActiv accelerometer) and FMS (TGMD-2). The association of 24-h movement behaviours with FMS was explored using CoDA and isotemporal substitution (R Core Team, 3.6.1). When data were considered compositionally (SB, light PA (LPA), moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA)) and adjusted for age, BMI and sex, the weekday-derived composition predicted total motor competence (r2 = 0.07), locomotor (r2 = 0.08) and object control skills (r2 = 0.09); the weekend day-derived composition predicted total motor competence (r2 = 0.03) and object control skills (r2 = 0.03), the 4-day-derived composition predicted total motor competence (r2 = 0.07), locomotor (r2 = 0.07) and object control skills (r2 = 0.06) (all p < 0.05). Reallocation of 5 min of LPA at the expense of any behaviour was associated with significant improvements in total motor competence, locomotor and object control skills; for weekend-derived behaviours, MVPA was preferential. Considering movement behaviours over different time periods is required to better understand the effect of the 24-h movement composition on FMS in preschool children.

Polythrinciopsis Gen.Nov, (Fungi Imperfecti) on Phragmites communis Trin

1966 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Walker
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Spot ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New South ◽  
Phragmites Communis ◽  
Leaf Spots ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fungi Imperfecti

The new genus Polythrinciopsis, with the type species P. phragmitis, is described from a leaf spot of Phragmites communis Trin, in eastern New South Wales. The genus is characterized by hypophyllous conidiophores, which develop in clusters from a few fungal cells in the stomatal opening and which show a strongly unilateral placement of spore scars; by large, hyaline to very pale olivaceous, two-celled, acrogenous conidia; and by an abundant superficial mycelium developing on the under side of the leaf spots. The relationship of this fungus to some other genera of the Fungi Imperfecti is discussed.

Preliminary observations on the effect of removal of black bluebush (Maireana pyramidata) and Pearl Bluebush (M. sedifolia) on shrub regeneration, herbage production and erosion potential.

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
GJ Tupper ◽  
WJ Muller
Keyword(s):  
Wind Erosion ◽  
New South ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Mechanical Removal ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Erosion Index ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

The effects of mechanical removal of shrub tops and grazing on two bluebush communities, one with Maireana pyramidata (black bluebush)and the other with M. pyramidata and M. sedifolia (pearl bluebush) as co-dominants, were examined on the western edge of the Riverine Plain in New South Wales Measurements were made on shrub regeneration, the relationship of shrub units to a critical value for an erosion index, the change in soil surface levels, and the growth of herbaceous plants over time Shrub regeneration was slower under grazed than ungrazed conditions and occurred mainly from basal shoots of established plants rather than from seedling establishment. Herbage yields Increased on the mounds previously occupied by shrubs, whereas production between shrubs was not affected by shrub removal. After four years there was sufficient shrub growth to prevent wind erosion, except on the cleared and grazed plot at the M. sedifolia site.

Comparison of computer assisted and traditional education programs on fundamental movement skills in children

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
Mehmet Imamoglu ◽  
Mehmet Akif Ziyagil
Keyword(s):  
Motor Development ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Object Control ◽  
Gross Motor Development ◽  
Movement Skills ◽  
Fundamental Movement Skills

This study investigates the effect of eight weeks traditional education (TE) and computer assisted education (CAE) with controls on the development of fundamental movement skills in 22 boys and 33 girls aged 5-6 years. This study showed CAE had higher improvements than TE in the sub-dimension of locomotor contrary to the higher improvements of in the object control and Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) in males. CAE in females had higher improvements than TE in the means of locomotor, object control and TGMD-2. In conclusion, CAE is more effective in the means of sprint, hop, side gallop, catch, kick, throw and TE is more efficient in the means of leap and two hands strike in boys. CAE is also more efficient in the means of leap, side gallop, and two hands strike, catch, throw and TE is more efficient in the means of sprint, hop and kick in girls. Keywords: Locomotor, object control skills, children, TGMD-2.

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