Children with visual impairments (CWVI) generally perform poorer in gross motor skills when compared with their sighted peers. This study examined the influence of age, sex, and severity of visual impairment upon locomotor and object control skills in CWVI. Participants included 100 CWVI from across the United States who completed the Test of Gross Motor Development II (TGMD-II). The TGMD-II co...

This paper describes the architecture and progress in the development of the UvA soccer simulation team. The UvA-team uses a three layer model to separate simulator details, basic soccer skills and the overall control from each other. In the previous year we focused on getting the system up-and-running. The current effort is in the use of learning mechanisms for optimizing the parameters of the...

This study attempted to present conditions that were closer to the real-world setting of team sports. The primary purpose was to examine the effects of blocked, random and game-based training practice schedules on the learning of the field hockey trap, close dribble and push pass that were practiced in combination. The secondary purpose was to investigate the effects of predictability of the en...

fundamental movement skills are observable patterns of motor behaviors including locomotor, manipulative, and stability activities. the aim of this study was to assess the gross motor development and the movement skill proficiency in elementary school children in tehran city. the test of gross motor development-2 (ulrich, 2000) was administered to 712 children aged between 7 and 11. performance...

Dribbling is a basic technique that basketball players must have. The low ability of dribbling when playing basketball, so often lose the ball competing problem studied in this study. One form training be given strengthening skills ballhandling training. By providing training, it hoped will able to play well, especially keeping under control because their good skills. This study aims determine ...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to examine the effect of fatigue, developed during prolonged high-intensity intermittent exercise, on the performance of soccer shooting and dribbling skill. METHODS Nine semiprofessional soccer players with a mean age of 20.7+/-1.4 years volunteered to participate in the study. Participants completed a slalom dribble test and the Loughborough Soccer Shooting ...

PURPOSE This study examined the effects of exercise-induced fatigue on soccer skills performed throughout simulated match play. METHODS Fifteen academy soccer players completed a soccer match simulation (SMS) including passing, dribbling, and shooting skills. Precision, success rate, and ball speed were determined via video analysis for all skills. Blood samples were obtained before exercise ...

This study aims to determine the basic dribbling techniques of participants Men's football club FC Mardiharjo, Purwodadi District, Musi Rawas Regency. used descriptive qualitative method. The subjects this were 20 people who joined at Mardiharjo Club, data analysis technique is collection, reduction, presentation, and verification. Test validity using a credibility test which done by means tria...