Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability.

ABSTRACT: Scaling sports equipment to match the physical development of children allows motor skills to be performed with greater success and with more desirable movement patterns. It is unknown, however, how scaled equipment affects movement variability - a key factor associated with coordination. Our aim was to identify whether scaled sports equipment facilitates coordination and functional movement variability in children when performing a hitting for accuracy task in tennis. Twenty-five children were asked to execute a forehand stroke with the aim of hitting the ball to a target located 10 metres away. Participants performed the task in two conditions - a scaled equipment condition and a full-sized equipment condition. Scaled equipment led to superior hitting accuracy and greater temporal stabil

SUBMITTER: Buszard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033277 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature