Task | Required Skill | Description |
WB walking backwards | balance | walking backwards 3 times along three balance beams (3 m long; 5 cm high; and 6, 4.5 and 3 cm wide). A maximum of 24 steps (eight per trial) were allowed for each balance beam. |
MS movingsideways | balance, agility | moving on the floor using two 5.7 cm high plates (25 cm × 25 cm). The translocation required the lateral displacement using the plates to step on. The number of relocations in two trials of 20 s was considered. |
HH hopping for height | power, agility | after a short run-up jumping from one leg over a pile of steps (60 cm long × 20 cm wide × 5 cm high), three, two or one points were awarded according to the number of trials successfully carried out. The scores obtained by the two separate legs were summed. |
JS jumpingslat | speed, balance | jumping laterally (side by side) over a wooden bar (60 cm long × 4 cm wide × 2 cm high) for 15 s. The jumps performed in two trials were summed. |