Table 2.
FMS Proficiency | Test | Materials and Site Layouts | Directions | Performance Records | Cautions |
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Locomotor skills | 10-m shuttle run | Materials: flexible rulers, marking tap, poles, and stopwatch Site layouts: two parallel lines 10 m (m) apart will be marked on the floor using marking tap |
Child runs concurrently with an audio signal, then runs back once reaching the turning line | The result will be recorded in seconds | Stay clear of the starting and turning line |
Hopping | Hopping | Materials: tape measure, marking taps, stopwatch, and beanbag 10 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 5 cm high Site layouts: 10 parallel lines 0.5 m apart, on which a piece of beanbag will be placed |
Child stands behind the starting line and hops with close feet continuously as soon as he/she hears the audio signal, and until he/she hops over the last beanbag | The result will be recorded in seconds | Repeat the test if the child hops over the beanbag with one leg, steps onto the beanbag, or kicks the beanbag from where it is two times |
Object control skills | Bouncing a ball | Materials: soft balls and stopwatch. Site layouts: 1 m × 1 m square |
Child dribbles the ball with one hand 8 times (as ball bouncing higher over his/her knees, it is counted as one) | The result will be recorded in seconds | Push balls with fingertips, not a slap |
Object control skills | Jamming coins | Materials: 8 coins, a box with slot on the upper side and stopwatch | Child stuffs 8 coins into the box through the slot with the dominant hand | The result will be recorded in seconds | |
Object control skills | Kicking | Materials: Sand-filled solid balls and sign barrels Site layout: 3 m, one sign barrel every 1.5 m |
Child kicks the solid ball from one side to the other side with the arch of their foot, bypassing the 1.5-m sign barrel, and the route is in the shape of “C” | The result will be recorded in seconds | Repeat the test if child kicking the ball not with arch of foot |
Stability skills | Dynamic balance (Balance beam) | Materials: balance beam (3 m long, 10 cm wide, and 30 cm high) with two platforms (20 cm long, 20 cm wide and 30 cm high) attached to both ends, and a stopwatch | Child walks consecutively forward on the balance beam, until one of the feet touch the platform on the other side | The result will be recorded in seconds | 1. Repeat the test if the child falls off the beam 2. Testers should protect the child from harm during the test |
Stability skills | Static balance (One-leg stand) | Material: stopwatch | Child stands on one foot with the supporting leg on the floor and the free leg flexed at the knees, maintaining the balance posture until the required posture cannot be maintained | The result will be recorded in seconds |