Rudd, JR, Barnett, LM, Butson, ML, Farrow, D, Berry, J and Polman, RCJ (2015) Fundamental movement skills are more than run, throw and catch: The role of stability skills. PLoS One, 10 (10). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Introduction In motor development literature fundamental movement skills are divided into three constructs: locomotive, object control and stability skills. Most fundamental movement skills research has focused on children's competency in locomotor and object control skills. The first aim of this study was to validate a test battery to assess the construct of stability skills, in children aged 6 to 10 (M age = 8.2, SD = 1.2). Secondly we assessed how the stability skills construct fitted into a model of fundamental movement skill. Method The Delphi method was used to select the stability skill battery. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess if the skills loaded onto the same construct and a new model of FMS was developed using structural equation modelling. Results Three postural control tasks were selected (the log roll, rock and back support) because they had good face and content validity. These skills also demonstrated good predictive validity with gymnasts scoring significantly better than children without gymnastic training and children from a high SES school performing better than those from a mid and low SES schools and the mid SES children scored better than the low SES children (all p < .05). Inter rater reliability tests were excellent for all three skills (ICC = 0.81, 0.87, 0.87) as was test retest reliability (ICC 0.87-0.95). CFA provided good construct validity, and structural equation modelling revealed stability skills to be an independent factor in an overall FMS model which included locomotor (r = .88), object control (r = .76) and stability skills (r = .81). Discussion This study provides a rationale for the inclusion of stability skills in FMS assessment. The stability skills could be used alongside other FMS assessment tools to provide a holistic assessment of children's fundamental movement skills. Copyright:

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2015 Rudd et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	MD Multidisciplinary
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport Studies, Leisure & Nutrition (closed 31 Aug 19)
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2017 10:20
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 04:06
DOI or ID number:	10.1371/journal.pone.0140224
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5368

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