Background Gross motor competence confers health benefits, but levels in children and
adolescents are low. While interventions can improve gross motor competence, it remains …

Context: Many coaches, parents, and children believe that the best way to develop elite
athletes is for them to participate in only 1 sport from an early age and to play it year-round …

The health, fitness and other advantages of youth sports participation are well recognised.
However, there are considerable challenges for all stakeholders involved—especially youth …

Background Proficiency in fundamental movement skills (FMS) lays the foundation for being
physically active and developing more complex motor skills. Improving these motor skills …

Lack of physical activity is a global public health problem causing not only morbidity and
premature mortality, but it is also a major economic burden worldwide. One of the …

Process-oriented motor competence (MC) assessments evaluate how a movement is
performed. Product-oriented assessments evaluate the outcome of a movement …

Objective Given the high prevalence of suboptimal nutrition and low activity levels in
children, we systematically reviewed the literature on the relationship between physical …

Participation in sports offers both short-term and long-term physical and psychosocial
benefits for children and adolescents. However, an overemphasis on competitive success in …

The motto of the Olympic Games is Citius, Altius, Fortius which is Latin for 'Faster, Higher,
Stronger'. It is a clarion call to all competitors, including the youngest, to engage in training …

Background Although previous studies have demonstrated that children with high levels of
fundamental movement skill competency are more active throughout the day, little is known …