The Impact of an Obstacle Course Sport Education Season on Students' Aerobic Fitness Levels |
| |
| Authors: | Peter A Hastie Alice M Buchanan Danielle D Wadsworth Brandon J Sluder |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Kinesiology , Auburn University;2. Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion , Troy University |
| |
| Abstract: | Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine if factor patterns of selected sports skills were similar for two samples, a skilled sample and one consisting of a wide range of skills. Comparisons were also made with kinesiological evidence regarding the patterning of basic sports skills. Data consisting of performance scores on various sports skills were available for 166 high school girls. Out of this sample, a smaller sample was drawn consisting of 69 girls who were above average in skill. Two factor models, alpha and incomplete image analysis, were used in the analysis of this data. The factor pattern of selected sports skills performed by subjects above average in skill was similar in many respects to that of a sample which included a wide range of skill. The primary difference lay in the clustering of overarm skills which appeared in the above-average factor pattern. The overarm and push patterns of the above-average sample resembled the patterns of skill obtained through kinesiological analysis. The structure of kicking, underarm, and sidearm skills remained obscure, based on the results of factor analytic techniques. |
| |
| Keywords: | Fitness levels Motivation PACER test Physical education |
|
|
