TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Gender differences in motor skill proficiency from childhood to adolescence: a longitudinal study
JO  - Research quarterly for exercise and sport
A1  - Barnett, Lisa M.
A1  - van Beurden, Eric
A1  - Morgan, Philip J.
A1  - Brooks, Lyndon O.
A1  - Beard, John R.
SP  - 162
EP  - 170
VL  - 81
IS  - 2
N2  - Students' proficiency in three object control and three locomotor skills were assessed in 2000 (M age = 10.06 years, SD = 0.63) in New South Wales, Australia and in 2006-07 (M age = 16.44 years, SD = 0.64). In 2006-07, 266 students, 138 girls (51.9%) and 128 boys (48.1%), had at least one skill reassessed. Boys were more object control proficient than girls. Childhood object control proficiency significantly predicted (p = .001) adolescent object control proficiency (r2 = .39), and, while gender was significant (p = .001), it did not affect the relationship between these variables (p = .53). Because childhood object control proficiency is predictive of subsequent object control proficiency, developing skills in childhood is important.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0270-1367
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -