Learning is a process of acquiring the capability for producing skilled actions (Schmidt and Lee, 2005) and is a direct result of practice or experience. Motor learning, on the other hand, is not directly observable because the processes that underlie changes in capability are probably highly complex phenomena in the central nervous system. As such, they are rarely directly observable, and one must infer their existence from changes in motor behaviour. The term movement skill refers to the development of motor control, precision and accuracy in the performance of both fundamental and specialized movements (Gallahue and Donnelly, 2003). Movement skills are developed and refined to a point that children are capable of operating with considerable ease and efficiency within their environment. As children mature, the fundamental movement skills developed when they were younger are applied as specialized skills to a wide variety of games, sports and activities. Authors define fundamental movement skills as an organized series of basic movements that involve the combination of movement patterns of two or more body segments. Generally, the differences between genders become noticeable in preschool period already. Boys’ higher values of triceps muscle tissue and shoulder/hip ratio are well-known. Furthermore, boys score better at motor strength and endurance tests, as well as at running and jumping tests. On the other hand, girls outperform boys at rhythm-based and flexibility tests.

The differences in the fundamental movement skills learning dynamics are a topic of many researches (Burton and Miller, 1998; Goodway, Robinson and Crowe, 2010). As a rule, girls outperform boys at precise motor actions such as drawing, typing and tapping. They are also better at reaction speed (Burton and Miller, 1998), while the boys have an advantage in running, jumping and punching. Bruininks and Bruininks (2005) also found similar results: girls are better at precise motor actions and ambidexterity. Seefeldt and Haubenstricker’s (1982) was the only research that focused on the fundamental movement skills learning throughout a period of time. The authors revealed that initially the girls were better than the boys in 4 out of 8