Institutional Repository Fundamental motor skill pro ciency of Hong Kong children aged 6 - 9 Years

This study investigated the fundamental motor skill proficiency of Hong Kong children aged 6-9. Ninety-one and 76 Chinese male and female students (mean age = 7.6 years) from six local primary schools in Hong Kong participated in this study. The Test of Gross Motor Development – Second Edition (TGMD-2) was administrated to assess the mastery of gross motor skills by an experienced physical education instructor. The performance was videotaped, and was rated by the same physical education instructor again (one week apart) to show the reliability (0.88-0.97). Results showed that the participants were in general superior to the normative samples from TGMD-2 manual, scoring a Gross Motor Quotient of 56.8-80.9. In overall, 24% of the participants were rated as superior, 36% as above average, 47% as average and 2% as below average. Excellent proficiency (>80% in every sub-item) was observed in running, galloping, leaping, sliding, catching, and throwing skills. In comparing the results with other studies, the participants were superior to the data reported in previous studies in United States, Brazil and Australia. This study added valuable information to the establishment of a world-wide normative reference for the comparison of future studies in other