Exploring the Relationship Between Wall Drop Punt Kick and Catch (Tripela Sports) Performance and Manipulative Tests of the Motor Competence Assessment Battery in Early Adolescents

Our aim in this study was to analyze associations between the two manipulative tests of the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) battery and the Wall Drop Punt Kick & Catch (WDPK&C) motor task. One hundred and twelve early adolescents (60 boys; 52 girls; M age = 12.67, SD = 1.78 years) participated. Overall, strong correlations were found between the WDPK&C and the MCA manipulative tests, either separately (r = .802 for kicking, r = .762 for throwing) or collectively (r = .835). In boys, correlations between WDPK&C and MCA kicking (r = .722) and MCA throwing (r = .754) were similar. In girls, MCA kicking was more closely related to WDPK&C performance (r = .612) than MCA throwing (r = .330). These results reinforce the possible use of WDPK&C as a gross manipulative coordination test, either by itself or when integrated into motor competence batteries.

Description

This work was funded by the National Funds by FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology under the following project [UIDB/04045/2020] (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04045/2020).

Keywords

Competence assessment development early adolescents validity

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/10449

Citation

Matos, R., Amaro, N., Lopes, N., Costa, P., Jacinto, M., Rodrigues, F., … Monteiro, D. (2025). Exploring the Relationship Between Wall Drop Punt Kick and Catch (Tripela Sports) Performance and Manipulative Tests of the Motor Competence Assessment Battery in Early Adolescents. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2025.2460162