Table 2.

Measures of physical fitness and motor competence by grade (N = 76).

Variables/Grade	3 or 4 (M/SD)	5 (M/SD)	6 (M/SD)	Total (M/SD)
Motor competence (z-score)	0.34 ± 0.1.06	−0.04 ± 0.67	−0.28 ± 0.50	–
Placing bricks (s)	50.50 ± 11.91	47.93 ± 7.74	46.21 ± 4.59	48.20 ± 8.41
	(51.25 ± 11.44)	(48.08 ± 8.39)	(47.22 ± 5.47)	(48.61 ± 8.76)
Building bricks (s)	12.91 ± 3.84	12.82 ± 2.00	12.41 ± 1.91	12.78 ± 2.45
	(12.77 ± 3.27)	(13.03 ± 2.41)	(12.54 ± 2.20)	(12.90 ± 2.55)
Heal to toe walking (s)	12.97 ± 7.27	10.69 ± 2.47	10.39 ± 1.67	11.12 ± 3.97
	(12.69 ± 5.37)	(10.97 ± 3.95)	(10.86 ± 2.64)	(11.31 ± 4.13)
Walking/running in slopes (s)*	5.04 ± 0.66	4.54 ± 0.42	4.19 ± 0.35	4.59 ± 0.54
	(5.05 ± 0.66)	(4.57 ± 0.45)	(4.21 ± 0.44)	(4.61 ± 0.56)
Physical fitness (z-score)*	−0.52 ± 0.86	−0.03 ± 0.66	0.79 ± 0.88	–
Standing broad jump (cm)*	156.69 ± 34.92	176.07 ± 21.96	206.17 ± 23.59	177.38 ± 28.78
	(161.47 ± 30.59)	(176.57 ± 23.56)	(210.73 ± 30.80)	(178.78 ± 29.98)
Pushing medicine ball (cm)	468.56 ± 122.64	475.77 ± 82.95	564.58 ± 127.39	488.28 ± 103.99
	(475.72 ± 144.91)	(484.22 ± 81.95)	(553.52 ± 133.85)	(493.38 ± 108.33)
20 m speed test (s)*	3.79 ± 0.35	3.60 ± 0.28	3.44 ± 0.21	3.62 ± 0.30
	(3.80 ± 0.31)	(3.62 ± 0.30)	(3.44 ± 0.27)	(3.63 ± 0.32)
Reduced Cooper test (m)*	1,121.63 ± 168.23	1,296.12 ± 178.33	1,470.75 ± 182.85	1,286.96 ± 204.41

SD, standard deviation; M, mean;

^*Significant difference between groups of grades by ANOVA (p < 0.05). Values in parenthesis are mean and SD after transformation. For variables with parenthesis, all were transformed by the two-step process. A lower score on all items measured in seconds = better performance. A lower score on Motor competence = better performance.