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DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN SOME COMPONENTS OF A MOTOR SKILL
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Motor LearningMotor SkillMotor DevelopmentEducationMotor ControlMotor DifficultyKinesiologyCognitive DevelopmentA Motor SkillSixty ChildrenTarget Task 12Motor BehaviorHealth SciencesChild PsychologyCognitive ScienceChild DevelopmentPhysical DevelopmentFine Motor ControlMotor Skill InterventionHuman MovementMotor Skill AssessmentOlder Children
Sixty children, aged 6, 8 and 10 yr., performed a target task 12 times. The results were analysed in terms of speed, accuracy and scatter. In each of the three age‐groups the girls performed significantly faster than the boys. Older children were faster than younger ones. No reliable age or sex differences were found in the accuracy component. Speed improved with practice, accuracy did not. The effect of practice was different in the 6 yr. group compared with the 8 and 10 yr. groups. The scatter of shots around the target was found to differ progressively with age and was interpreted as evidence of a change in strategy reflecting the development of a fine motor skill.