The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the attentional capacity and the athletic movement ability in early childhood. The subjects consisted of 551 children aged from four to five years. The obstacle course of project sp...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the attentional capacity and the athletic movement ability in early childhood. The subjects consisted of 551 children aged from four to five years. The obstacle course of project spectrum and the Mr. CUCUI scores were used for establishing the movement ability and the attentional capability, respectively. The data from the tests were analyzed by t-test and correlation by using SPSS. The results of analysis of data exhibited that the attentional capability of childhood has no meaningful difference between boys and girls, but older children`s attentional capability was superior to younger children`s attentional capability. The attentional capability helped positively to the total athletic movement ability and the complex athletic movement abilities such as the balance and the coordination. The sex and age were also factors on developing athletic movement ability; older children and boys were better than younger children and girls, respectively, in the total athletic movement ability, the speed, the agility, the coordination and the power. But there was no difference in the balance.