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.