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Extracurricular sports activities in preschool children: impact on motor achievements and physical literacy

The aim of the research was to determine the influence of an extracurricular sports program on motor abilities and physical literacy of preschool children aged from 4 to 6 years. For this purpose, the battery of six motor tests of known metric characteristics was used to measure the following motor abilities: coordination, strength, flexibility and balance. The data were calculated by descriptive statistics. The differences in motor abilities between two time points (initial and final), as well as the interactional effect of a single variable on the global results of motor abilities in repeated measurement with regard to the point of measurement and gender, were calculated by multivariate analysis of variance. The obtained results have confirmed the previous findings describing the benefits of continuous physical activity for the development of preschool children motor abilities and physical literacy. The results are also consistent with the previous research showing that boys have better achievements in explosive strength and coordination, whereas girls have better achievements in dynamic strength, flexibility and balance.

Preschool children ; motor achievements ; physical literacy

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