Contrasts in fitness, motor competence and physical activity among children involved in single or multiple sports
| Autor: | Anthony P Watt, Kasper Salin, Kaisu Mononen, Timo Jaakkola, Mikko Huhtiniemi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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longitudinal Physiology Physical activity lapset (ikäryhmät) Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation pitkittäistutkimus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine QP1-981 single sport Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine liikuntaharrastus motoriset taidot Competence (human resources) Thesaurus (information retrieval) 030229 sport sciences accelerometer fyysinen kunto motor competence Sports medicine physical fitness multi-sport Psychology RC1200-1245 human activities Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Biomedical Human Kinetics, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2080-2234 |
| Popis: | Study aim: While there is wide debate around specialization in one sport, there is a lack of information about fitness levels and motor competence of children participating in single or multiple sports. Material and methods: The study involved 358 fifth-grade children who participated in a set of health-related fitness and motor competence tests over two consecutive years. A subsample of children (n = 109) wore an accelerometer for seven consecutive days. The independent samples t-test and ANCOVA were used to compare differences between single and multi-sport participants in study variables and changes between baseline and follow-up. Results: Multi-sport participants performed better in shuttle run (baseline/follow-up; p = 0.001/p = 0.006), push-up (p = 0.006/p = 0.036), and five leap tests (p = 0.001/p = 0.009) in baseline than single sport participants among boys. Likewise, multi-sport participants showed significantly more improvement in the throwing and catching combination test between study years among boys F1,159 = 3.570, p = 0.030. Among girls, no differences were found in any study variable between single and multi-sport participants. Conclusions: From the perspective of fitness and motor competence tests, there are no arguments for participating in just one sport at an early age. Instead, multi-sport participants performed better than single sport participants in the majority of test variables. |
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