Table 1.
Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) for the anthropometric variables.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) for the physical fitness variables.
Table 3.
Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) for the motor coordination variables.
Fig 1.
Discriminating between 81 children participating 5 hours or more per week in their sport.
Functions at Group Centroids: Ball sports Function 1 = 0.305; Ball sports Function 2 = -0.506; Dance Function 1 = -0.389; Dance Function 2 = -0.114; Gymnastics Function 1 = 0.176: Gymnastics Function 2 = 1.773; Racquet sports Function 1 = -1.285; Racquet sports Function 2 = 0.418; Swimming Function 1 = -4.954; Swimming Function 2 = -0.344. Ball sports = ○; Dance = ◆; Gymnastics = +; Racquet sports = Δ; Swimming = ×.
Fig 2.
Discriminating between 252 children participating between 1 and 5 hours per week in their sport.
Functions at Group Centroids: Ball sports Function 1 = 0.016; Ball sports Function 2 = 0.126; Dance Function 1 = -0.348; Dance Function 2 = 0.250; Gymnastics Function 1 = -0.177: Gymnastics Function 2 = 0.646: Martial arts Function 1 = -0.136; Martial arts Function 2 = -0.615; Racquet sports Function 1 = -0.457; Racquet sports Function 2 = -0.393; Swimming Function 1 = 1.170; Swimming Function 2 = -0.082. Ball sports = ○; Dance = ◆; Gymnastics = +; Martial arts = ☐; Racquet sports = Δ; Swimming = ×.
Fig 3.
Discriminating between 184 children participating 1 hour or less per week in their sport.
Functions at Group Centroids: Ball sports Function 1 = -0.556; Ball sports Function 2 = -0.441; Dance Function 1 = -0.169; Dance Function 2 = 0.000; Gymnastics Function 1 = -0.270: Gymnastics Function 2 = -0.240: Martial arts Function 1 = 1.384; Martial arts Function 2 = -0.881; Racquet sports Function 1 = -0.307; Racquet sports Function 2 = 0.254; Swimming Function 1 = 0.580; Swimming Function 2 = 0.475. Ball sports = ○; Dance = ◆; Gymnastics = +; Martial arts = ☐; Racquet sports = Δ; Swimming = ×.
Fig 4.
Scatterplot of physical fitness (PQ) and motor coordination (MQ).
A. Total sample, B. Children performing best, C. Children performing above average, D. Children performing under average. Best performers = ○ (PQ and MQ > 0.5); Above average performers = ☐ (PQ and MQ > 0 & PQ or MQ < 0.5); Under average performers = Δ (PQ and/or MQ < 0).